by TurkeyPurge | Apr 14, 2020 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has said it is preparing to file a complaint with the Constitutional Court about a controversial early release bill aimed at reducing the country’s prison population amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the T24 news...
by TurkeyPurge | Dec 17, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
İbrahim Burak Oğuz, the mayor of İzmir’s Urla district from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was sent to prison on Monday evening due to alleged links to Turkey’s Gülen group, the Turkish media reported. Oğuz was reportedy summoned by a prosecutor on Monday...
by TurkeyPurge | Apr 5, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
An administrative inquiry for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been launched into the incoming Republican People’s Party (CHP) mayor of İzmir’s Torbalı district due to his alleged remarks on the day he took over the municipality from the ruling party...
by TurkeyPurge | Mar 21, 2019 | Today in Crackdown
Turkey’s Ministry of Interior Affairs on Thursday dismissed a local mayor from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) after he was convicted of “insulting” the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Hüseyin Sarı, the mayor of the Erdek district of...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 13, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Several members of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) were injured when a group of unknown assailants attacked the party’s election office in the central province of Konya, the Diken news website reported on Wednesday. The incident took place in the...
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