http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190928-232402-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/did-turkeys-recent-emergency-decrees-derogate-from-the-absolute-rights/ Did Turkey’s Recent Emergency Decrees Derogate from the Absolute Rights? Yildiz, Ali eng 2019-09-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Law ECHR ICCPR State of Emergency Turkey Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Following a coup attempt by a small group in the Turkish Armed Forces in 2016, the Turkish Government declared a state of emergency for three months. Although it observed procedural rules laid down by national and international law on declaring a state of emergency, the Government's use of the emergency powers contradicts non-derogable rights laid down in the Turkish Constitution, the ICCPR and the ECHR.