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The Grand Turk
HDP files criminal complaint against Erdogan, Davutoglu
2015-08-02
[Hurriyet Daily News] The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has filed a criminal complaint against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu for using their influence over judicial acts against its party officials.

"Prosecutors have launched operations that resulted in the detention and arrest of party officials after President Erdogan's and Prime Minister Davutoglu's statements that they had given instructions. As a result of these operations and according to the data provided to the Peoples' Democratic Party, 1,033 have been detained and 125 of them have been incarcerated
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without concrete evidence since July 24," the petition issued by the HDP read.

Recalling consecutive statements by Erdogan and Davutoglu against HDP co-chairpersons Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, the petition said these statements were directly influencing judicial independence and impartiality.

The petition said influencing the judiciary was a crime under article 277 of the Turkish Penal Code.
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