More are approaching the new legislative elections in Turkey, the pressure intensifies on the media opposed to power. So that not only Twitter was suspended again, but more serious, 15 pro-Kurdish TV channels broadcast would be prohibited.
These attacks on freedom of expression are part of the line of deposits complaint by the authorities against journalists, such as against the Chief Editor of Today’s Zaman, Bulent Kenes.
If the AKP were to regain the majority in the elections of November, one wonders about the emergency powers that could bring Recep Tayyip Erdogan when we see what is happening in Turkey, especially against the Kurdish population. A president who, in his wildest dreams think the rally the people to his standard by shining against the Kurds.
According to a survey Metropoll, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) would get 41.4% of the vote, against 40.9% in June, while the Republican People’s Party (CHP Kemalist left) would gain 2.3% compared to the elections of June 6, with 25%. The Nationalist Action Party (MHP) would increase his score with 15.3% (against 16.3% in June) and the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP pro-Kurdish) remains at 13% (13.1% in June).
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Jean Eckian © armenews.com