There is a growing sense in Turkey that the United States has chosen to put the future of Afghanistan’s international airport above Turkish democracy, according to political scientist and Ahval contributor Gökhan Bacık.
Last Updated On: Apr 15 2021 09:35 Gmt+3
Turkey’s opposition parties face new red lines over topics deemed unacceptable for criticism by the country’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) allies, Dr Gökhan Bacık from Palacky University told Ahval in a podcast.
On Wednesday, heavily armed police stormed the offices of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) after it was accused of breaking laws against insulting the president.
The CHP recently intensified its questioning over hundreds of billions of dollars alleged to have gone missing from the Treasury and Finance Ministry during the tenure of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son-in-law Berat Albayrak.