Turkey’s Ankara bans public gatherings for one month
text_fieldsAnkara: Authorities in the Turkish capital of Ankara announced banning public gatherings for a month starting on Tuesday, after a controversial vote on the constitutional change to presidential system.
"All gatherings and marches have been prohibited for one month due to security reasons," Xinhua quoted a statement by the office of Ankara's mayor as saying.
Earlier on Tuesday, the national parliament, Turkish Grand National Assembly passed a motion to launch the debate on a bill that seeks to introduce an executive presidency which grants President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wide-ranging powers.