Turkish authorities prevent opposition party congress
Sunday 15 May 2016 at 1:13 PM ET by Miracle Jones
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[JURIST] Turkish state police on Sunday prevented members from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) [official site, in Turkish] from holding a party congress in direct opposition to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan [official profile], by sealing off a hosting hotel. Police put up barricades and sealed the hotel to prevent party members from gaining access to the hotel where they had planned to hold a congress to challenge the allegedly growing power [Reuters report] of Erdogan.
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