The extension will become effective from Friday, January 19.

The state of emergency has been introduced following the failed coup attempt in July 2016, which left over 240 people dead and some 2,000 injured.

Ankara has accused Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, who has been living in the US state of Pennsylvania since 1999, of being the mastermind of the coup. Turkey's actions have repeatedly been criticized by the international community as violation of human rights under a pretext of a national state of emergency.

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