DECREE WITH FORCE OF LAW NO. 672 – 1 SEPTEMBER 2016

SOME ARTICLES OF THE DECREE-LAW NO. 672 OF 1 SEPTEMBER 2016

ON THE MEASURES TAKEN UNDER THE STATE OF EMERGENCY

Measures concerning public officials

ARTICLE 2- (1) Those who have membership of, affiliation, link or connection with

terrorist organizations or structures, formations or groups which have been determined by the

National Security Council to perform activities against national security of the State;

a) Those listed in Annex 1 have been dismissed from public service,

b) Those listed in Annex 2 have been dismissed from the General Security Directorate,

c) Those listed in Annex 3 have been dismissed from the Gendarmerie General

Command,

ç) Those listed in Annex 4 have been dismissed from the Coast Guard Command,

without the need for any other act. Additional communication documents shall not be

served on them. Procedures in respect of them shall be conducted on the basis of the

provisions of special laws.

(2) Those who have been dismissed from public service, from the General Security

Directorate, the Gendarmerie General Command and the Coast Guard Command in

accordance with the first paragraph shall be deprived of their ranks and their positions as

public officials without any need for convictions, and they shall not be re-admitted to the

organization in which they previously took office. They may not be re-employed and assigned

directly or indirectly in any public service. Their membership of any board of trustees, boards,

commissions, executive boards, supervisory boards, liquidation boards and other duties shall

be automatically terminated. Their gun licenses, the documents concerning their seamanship

and their pilot licenses shall be cancelled, and they shall be evicted from the public residences

or foundation houses in which they live within fifteen days. These persons may not become

the founders, partners and employees of private security companies. The relevant ministries

and institutions shall immediately notify the relevant passport unit. Upon this notification, the

relevant passport units shall cancel their passports.

(3) Those who have been dismissed from public service in accordance with the first

paragraph may not use their titles, if any, such as ambassador, governor and professional

names and titles such as undersecretary, district governor etc., and they may not enjoy the

rights provided in connection with these titles and professional names.