After nearly 300 of its members were detained following last week's failed coup Turkey is disbanding its elite presidential guard unit."We decided that there won't be a guards unit in this compound anymore," Prime Minister declared to Anadolu state news agency. A state of emergency was declared on Wednesday, allowing the president and cabinet to bypassparliament to draft new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms.<br />Since the attempted coup on July 15,Turkey seized various many individual suspected to be linked with the coup, including journalists, judges and professors.
