Closure Case Erdogan’s Fault

Filed under: Europe, Europeans who don't know what they're talking about, Fake European Parliament, Turkey — Michael van der Galien, Editor-in-Chief on April 24, 2008 @ 10:35 am CEST

European Parliament: Erdogan only has himself to blame for the closure case against his party, the AKP. The reason, according to the enlightened members of this fake Parliament? “The government put on the brakes on reforms. Article 301 [of the penal code, which criminalizes insulting Turkishness] still stands and no step has been taken in terms of freedom of speech. Now the AKP suffers the consequences of its own mistakes.” (more…)

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