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Turkey arrests 2 more pro-Kurdish MPs ahead of referendum
[Iran Press TV] Turkish authorities have detained two politicians from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the latest move against party members ahead of a referendum on constitutional amendment.The HDP's official front man Ayhan Bilgen and another politician representing the eastern province of Kars were taken into custody on Tuesday by a court order before a trial following his arrest by police on Sunday at an Ankara airport, after which he was transferred to the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir in the country's southeast, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. According to the report, Bilgen was detained and held on charges of "membership in an armed terror organization." The other prominent HDP politician, identified as the party's legal expert Meral Danis Bestas, was also taken into custody after being initially incarcerated Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! at her residence in Diyarbakir. The party described the arrests in a statement as a bid to prevent the HDP from campaigning against constitutional changes sought by embattled President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... following a coup attempt last July and terrorist attacks across the country. The changes are expected to dramatically expand his powers after a referendum planned for April. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-01 |
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