<p class="title">President Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Tuesday to continue security operations along all of Turkey's borders until security threats are completely removed, adding no one had the right to criticise a new anti-terrorism law the government is drafting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The emergency rule, put in place following a July 2016 coup attempt, expired last week. Opponents say the government's new anti-terrorism bill, now being debated in parliament, will give Erdogan with sweeping security powers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since the failed coup, more than 150,000 civil servants have been purged and 77,000 people have been charged in a crackdown criticised by rights groups. Turkey has also launched cross-border operations into Syria citing terrorist threats by Kurdish YPG militia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Erdogan was speaking to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament. </p>
<p class="title">President Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Tuesday to continue security operations along all of Turkey's borders until security threats are completely removed, adding no one had the right to criticise a new anti-terrorism law the government is drafting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The emergency rule, put in place following a July 2016 coup attempt, expired last week. Opponents say the government's new anti-terrorism bill, now being debated in parliament, will give Erdogan with sweeping security powers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since the failed coup, more than 150,000 civil servants have been purged and 77,000 people have been charged in a crackdown criticised by rights groups. Turkey has also launched cross-border operations into Syria citing terrorist threats by Kurdish YPG militia.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Erdogan was speaking to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament. </p>