Tag: AKP
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Erdogan is trying to overturn his electoral defeat in Kurdish cities with the military and the police
Erdogan’s ruling AKP Party is attempting to overturn his electoral defeat in several Kurdish cities in the East of Turkey by appointing mayors and candidates from the AKP who lost the election, instead of allowing the electoral winners to take office. Police brutality has been reported in the cities were this authoritarian takeover is ongoing…
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan loses local elections
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has just been handed a sweeping defeat in the local elections by opposition parties. Erdogan’s defeat comes as a surprise after having won last year’s presidential elections with 52% of the vote. The election results are provided below: Opposition. CHP (Centre Left): 37.74% Yeniden Refah Partisi (Conservative Right): 6.19% DEM Parti…
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Times of Malta: a new platform for dictators?
Bizarre how today, the Times of Malta published an opinion piece by Turkey Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arguing that his government is fighting against domestic terrorism namely the main Opposition Party which it describes as the Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation, but known internationally as the Gülen movement. The Turkish Foreign Minister has said: Had the coup attempt…