The Turkish Parliament has approved the Government’s decision to extend for another 90 days the state of emergency imposed in the country after the attempted coup, RIA Novosti reports, citing NTV.

Upon the recommendation of the Turkish National Security Council, on October 3 the Turkish government extended the state of emergency for another 90 days. The parliament’s backing was necessary for this decision to take effect from October 19. Most of the deputies voted for the document.   

Thousands of military servicemen attempted a coup in Turkey, from late night on July 15 to early morning on July 16, but it failed. The main confrontations took place in capital city Ankara and in Istanbul. A total of 246 people died as a result of the clashes.

Ankara accuses Turkish Islamic theologian and preacher Fethullah Gülen—who resides in the US since 1999, and his “Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ)”—of orchestrating the failed putsch. And it has petitioned to the US for his extradition to Turkey.

Roughly 32,000 people have been arrested after the failed coup on charges of having links to Gülen’s organizations.