National unity fantasies without Kurds and women leaders

In yet another maneuver by Erdoğan, several political leaders joined him in Samsun to celebrate the national day of Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day in Turkey This supposed national unity performance excludes Turkey’s third biggest party, that is pro-Kurdish HDP and any woman leaders. Meral Akşener of İyi Party refused to join this performance and here comes this all-men image…

Fox News – Hollie McKay – May 14, 10:28 AM

To those loyal to Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan, it is paying the price of being tagged a “terrorist.” But to others, it is a blatant violation of their human rights. Since the failed coup attempt in July 2016, hundreds of

 

DW.COM

A Turkish journalist who criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was beaten by a group of ‘people with baseball bats,’ his newspaper said Saturday, which published pictures of a heavily bandaged Yavuz Selim Demirag in his hospital bed


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