Turkey’s two-year-old state of emergency expires at midnight Wednesday, but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t calling off his war on his No. 1 enemy.
The president wants parliament to give prosecutors broader authority to crack down on suspected terrorists, which in his view includes disciples of Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Turkish imam he accuses of orchestrating the coup attempt that sparked the emergency rule. Erdogan’s AK Party and his nationalist ally MHP control a majority in the 600-seat parliament so passage is assured, possibly within weeks.
