In the present situation, all the aforementioned concerns are relevant since they are related to the legal provisions on which the decisions by the Ministry of the Interior of 19 August 2019 were based. While the Commission is not in a position to examine in detail the individual decisions taken, it is highly concerned that they were grounded on legislation whose adoption procedure and content seem not to have a sound basis in the Turkish Constitution and to conflict with international standards concerning the state of emergency (see in particular Article 15 of the ECHR) and local self-government. Several Articles of the ECLSG need to be mentioned here: in addition to Article 3, paragraph 1 already referred to above, in particular Article 3, paragraph 2 – according to which the rights of self-government must be exercised by democratically constituted authorities, Article 4, paragraph 4 – according to which “powers given to local authorities shall normally be full and exclusive” – and Article 7, paragraph 1 – according to which “the conditions of office of local elected representatives shall provide for free exercise of their functions”. As a result of all those concerns about the legal framework, the decisions by the Ministry of the Interior are also highly problematic with respect to the rule of law in terms of legality.