Ruling party co-founder warns of selective targeting of religious groups in Turkey

Ruling party co-founder warns of selective targeting of religious groups in Turkey

A founding member of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) warned Monday that Turkey’s recent criminal investigations into religious groups risked becoming a means of punishing communities whose leaders oppose the government. Hüseyin Çelik, a former education minister and AKP spokesperson, issued the warning in a column published by Independent Turkish. His comments […] The post Ruling party co-founder warns of selective targeting of religious groups in T...

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