TURKEY’S parliament voted to impose a state of emergency and adopt special government powers yesterday, following last Friday’s botched military coup.

With President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party holding a 317-seat majority in the 550-seat parliament, the 365-115 result was almost a forgone conclusion.

Mr Erdogan said the state of emergency would give the government the tools to rid the military of the “virus” of subversion.