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CHP spokesman Bulent Tezcan said.
The broad crackdown permitted by the emergency powers has polarised Turkish society. Opponents of Erdogan claim he took advantage of the plot he alleges was behind the attempted coup to consolidate his power.
Under the state of emergency, the president is entitled to rule by decree. Wide-ranging purges have have led to the imprisonment of tens of thousands of people, including journalists— Turkey is now known as the world’s biggest
jailer of journalists. Tens of thousands have
also been dismissed from their state jobs in the judiciary, civil service, police, military, media and academia. Observers say not all those caught in the crackdown can be described as in any way linked to the Gulenist network dissidents that the
government blames for the attempted putsch. Dissidents of many stripes have been taken out of action, they point out. Brussels has frowned on Turkey’s treatment of basic human rights in the past two years and the country’s chances of joining the European Union are in tatters.
It was MHP leader Bahceli who in 2002 precipitated the snap elections that brought the Islamic-based AKP to power. The secular opposition has failed to dislodge it ever since. MHP has a formal alliance with AKP which, under new laws which were adopted after
a brawl in parliament, mean it will obtain representation in parliament even if it fails to cross the 10% threshold when the votes are counted.
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