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Turkish government dismisses 7 opposition assembly members in Kurdish region
The move leaves the provincial council in the hands of authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party
Meanwhile Turkish and US forces conduct their first joint ground patrol in the so-called ‘safe zone’ on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey
ATTACKS on opposition parties in Turkey continued to escalate today as seven members of the 14-strong Mus provincial assembly were dismissed on the orders of the government.
Most of those dismissed were from the People’s Democratic Party (HDP). No reason was given for their removal following instructions from the Ministry of the Interior.
The move leaves the provincial council in Turkey’s largely Kurdish south-east in the hands of authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its fascist coalition partner the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
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