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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses an Algeria-Turkey business forum in Algiers, Algeria
TWO more Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MPs were stripped of their status “unlawfully” today as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to silence critical voices.
MP Filiz Kerestecioglu said her colleague Ibrahim Ayhan had lost his seat because of a social media post “about a person who is fighting Isis,” while Ahmet Yildirim had been punished for referring to someone — presumably Mr Erdogan — as a “sultan wannabe.”
“We will not wait for the decisions about our MPs to be read,” Ms Kerestecioglu told the Turkish parliament before leaving the session. “This is something recurring and a blow to the will of the people.”
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