According to Bekir Bozdag, Vice Premier and Press Secretary of the Turkish government, Ankara is ready to extend the regime of the state of emergency.

The decision will come into force after approval in the parliament, "he explained, adding that the topic of the PE regime for a period of three months will be on the agenda of the next meeting of the National Security Council of the country, after which it will be considered by the Cabinet.

Recall, Turkey for the first time decided to introduce a state of emergency after the attempted military coup in July 2016, and then extended it.

As reported URA-Inform, in Turkey, under the decree on the state of emergency, 2,700 officials were arrested.

Such actions the country's leadership conducted after receiving information about the remaining or loyal to Fethullah Gulen officials, military, teachers, lawyers, doctors and human rights defenders.

As a result, 637 servicemen, 360 gendarmerie officers, 150 professors and teachers lost their posts. In total, since the beginning of the year of dismissal, there have been 50,000 officials and servicemen.