Turkey: Democracy's dirty side

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07/06/2011

Political parties competing for the spotlight in Turkey gain traction and make waves with dirty tactics, including insults, defamation, and even blackmail.

By Anna Wood for Southeast European Times in Istanbul – 07/06/11

One after another, they resigned. By June, a total of ten candidates of Turkey's third-largest political party, the nationalist National Action Party (MHP), had withdrawn from the elections after facing the release of incriminating sex tapes.
Though low-quality, the tapes were clear enough to do political damage, and the immediate resignations of high-ranking party members reinforced their authenticity....more...    


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