Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the state of emergency that has been in place since July 2016 will be lifted if he is elected in June 24 elections. However, he suggested it would be reinstated if the country faces further threats. “Lifting the state of emergency does not mean abolishing it completely not to come back. We’ll take whatever the toughest precaution is again when we see terror,” he told 24 TV on Wednesday night. More than 160,000 people have been detained under the emergency rule and a similar number of civil servants have been sacked from their jobs, Reuters said, citing the United Nations. Scores of media outlets have been shut and journalists and activists have been detained.