"Who's Behind the Turkish Sex Tapes?
by Owen Matthews
Scandalous videos revealing philandering members of Turkey’s Nationalist Action Party have rocked the country’s political landscape. Owen Matthews explores who could be behind the stunt.
The sex videos were grainy and filmed from odd angles.
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In the starring roles: a series of middle-aged Turkish politicians chatting, smoking and rolling in bed with women who were not their wives. Some were recorded joking about how enviable the working hours of prostitutes were; others were overheard promising their mistresses the use of party-funded jeeps and other perks. In all, 10 senior members of Turkey’s Nationalist Action Party, or MHP, were targeted in three waves of video releases timed to cause maximum electoral damage just three weeks before Turkey’s June general election. All 10 have now resigned, decapitating one of Turkey’s two main opposition parties and throwing the country’s electoral arithmetic into turmoil."
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