Turkish premier says powers to be used swiftly

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the state of emergency will be used to act swiftly against the perpetrators of the coup.
Simsek insisted that the state of emergency would be different to those imposed in the country previously and that the rule of law will be upheld. He laid out his hope it would be short-lived.
“We will use it in a fashion closer to our allies like France and others,” he told reporters as Parliament was debating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s declaration of a three-month state of emergency on Wednesday.
Simsek said the government will go after “rogue” elements within the state and that there could have been “carnage in the streets” had the coup succeeded.
“We owe it to our people to go after them. We will have a legal framework for it.”
Simsek said there will be proper judicial review, but didn’t elaborate.
Turkey experienced a national state of emergency in the immediate years after martial law was declared in 1980 following a coup. It was also declared across the restive southeast region between 1978 and 2002. AP