42. Mrs. GRAF (International League for the Rights and the Liberation of Peoples) said that her organization felt compelled to draw attention once more to the plight of the Kurdish people, concentrating on their repression under states of emergency or exception now in force. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.26 page 8 43. In Turkey, under the state of exception and of emergency fundamental rights were restricted and the prerogatives of the executive encroached upon those of the legislature and the judiciary. During more than 40 per cent of the existence of the Turkish Republic, a state of exception or emergency had been enforced in some part of the territory, particularly in the Kurdish areas. The term "exceptional situation" was, therefore, a misnomer for what was in fact the normal state of affairs in Turkey. 44. The state of emergency had come into effect on 25 October 1983 by Law No. 2935. Apart from depriving the local population of its rights, it laid down the legal basis for the current State repression of Kurdistan. That law clearly overrode the provisions of the Constitution, since it provided that the Council of Ministers could during a state of exception, issue edicts having the force of law with regard to all eventualities required by the state of exception, without regard to the limitations and procedures set forth in paragraph 91 of the Constitution. The co-operation between the military and civilian administrations was determined by a protocol agreed between the Minister of Domestic Affairs and the Army Chief of Staff; the Governor of the State of Emergency had recently declared that the valuable experience accumulated by the military during more than seven years of martial law would guide him in implementing the state of emergency. Since 1987 the state of emergency had affected some 5 million people, mainly Kurds. 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political and human rights situation of the Kurdish people in Turkey, specifically the restrictions on their rights and the role of the state in their repression. The language used is formal and legalistic, suggesting that the text may be a report or statement from an international organization.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights