The State of Emergency (OHAL) announced on July 21, 2016 following the military coup attempt and extended for seven times with three-month periods has ended on July 19, 2018. However, nothing has changed – for the latest omnibus bill No. 7145 replaced the State of Emergency (OHAL) with a Permanent State of Emergency (SOHAL) The State of Emergency, on the other hand, left two years full of custodies, arrests, preventions, dismissals, censorship, pressure, torture, shutdowns, impunity and rights violations behind.
