Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.15
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkey prepares a bill which envisages expansion of the police officers' rights, the Turkish TV channel Kanal 7 said Oct.15.
The police officers will have the right to conduct warrant-free searches, as well as right for temporary detention of suspects, according to the bill.
There are about 340,000 police officers in Turkey.
The decision to prepare the mentioned bill was made amid the protests held in six Turkish provinces, where 34 civilians died.
After Ankara's announcement that it will not use the armed forces to protect Kobani from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization, the PKK supporters and the leader of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtas urged the Kurdish population in Turkey's southern provinces to hold mass protests.
The protests in several provinces of Turkey inflicted severe damage to the property of municipalities and private businesses.
The Islamic State terrorist organization (IS, formerly ISIL or ISIS) was created in 2003 in Iraq. Between 2004 and 2006, the organization was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and consisted of 11 radical Islamist groups, which had close ties to the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda.
Following the start of military confrontation in Syria in 2013 between the armed opposition and the government forces, the IS penetrated the country. The IS said at the time it refuses to take the oath of Al-Qaeda and declared 'a holy war' against all groups in Iraq and Syria, as well as the Syrian government forces.
Strengthening of the IS in Syria allowed it to return to Iraq, starting military actions against government forces there. In late June 2014, the IS announced about the creation of the 'Islamic Caliphate' on the territories under its control in Iraq and Syria.
In turn, Iraqi authorities asked the international community for help in fighting the IS.