Monday, February 24, 2014

Turkey: Legislating the End of Democracy - 3 Laws for One-Party Rule | Informed Comment ▪ Iranian.com

Turkey: Legislating the End of Democracy - 3 Laws for One-Party Rule

The government’s response to the Gezi protests in June 2013 and its obstruction of a graft probe targeting ministers in December the same year has tarnished the perception of Turkey as an improving democracy. But the foreign media tend to ignore to report the combined seriousness of the developments currently taking place in the country. I will now present 3 laws put forward by the democratically elected AK Party, in order to illustrate how they are stepwise trying to dismantle the Turkish democracy.

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