The ruling-AK Party spokesperson Mahir Ünal on Monday answered opponent lawmakers' claims on the new emergency decree that granted citizens immunity from prosecution for their actions taken to suppress the bloody July 15 coup bid in 2016 which had been orchestrated by US-based FETO ringleader Fetullah Gülen.
Speaking to journalists at the party headquarters, Mahir Unal said saying that the immunity applies to present-day is disinformation.
"This regulation concerns solely the night of the coup attempt, July 15 2016, and its aftermath, which is the morning of July 16. This does not encompass terror acts that were carried out later," Mahir Ünal told reporters during the news conference.
"What we have done for this country's stability and development is evident. What is also evident is what these people who tell these lies and black propaganda do," he said
Sunday's decree was misinterpreted by some social media users as a law which would allow civilians to engage in violence.
In southeastern Gaziantep province, Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül reiterated that the decree applies to the night of the defeated coup and the following morning to ensure that legal action is not taken against people who went out of their houses to protect the country.
Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen staged last year's defeated coup attempt which left 250 martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
Speaking about Turkish citizens who were arrested by Israeli forces, Gül said they will arrive in Turkey on Monday.
On Friday, Israeli police asked three people, two of them dual Belgian-Turkish citizens, to take off their Turkish flag T-shirts before entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to an eye witness.
Their refusal, followed by a brawl, resulted in the arrest.
