by TurkeyPurge | Oct 29, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
The half of Turkey’s population are not governed by the elected politicians, main opposition Republican Peoples’ Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said on Saturday. “Can you imagine? The mayors are either being dismissed or forced to resign. The half of the...
by TurkeyPurge | Oct 28, 2017 | TP in the Media
The mayors of Turkey’s major provinces, including capital Ankara and İstanbul, are resigning, apparently succumbing to weeks of pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Melih Gökçek, the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality mayor, announced his resignation on...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 24, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Mayor of Ankara Melih Gökçek wrote from his Twitter account on Thursday that regular citizens are armed and that a new coup attempt would be bloody due to the resistance of the people. Responding to a claim in the Islamist Akit daily that 800 soldiers are gearing up...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 26, 2016 | Today in Crackdown
Melih Gökçek, the mayor of Turkey’s capital province of Ankara, pinned the blame on Gülen movement for his son, Osman Gökçek’s defeat in the election for the presidency of the city’s chamber of commerce. The son Gökçek was defeated by Gürsel Baran in an election to...
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