Mustafa Balbay Pushes Back Strongly Against Claims He Called for CHP Closure
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- Mustafa Balbay rejected claims that he called for the closure of Turkey’s Republican People’s Party, or CHP.
- Balbay said his remarks warned that the opposition needed a common stance against judicial interference in politics.
Mustafa Balbay has rejected claims that he wanted Turkey’s Republican People’s Party, or CHP, to be shut down.
Balbay said comments he made on a television program had been taken out of context. He argued that his sentence was a warning that the opposition should adopt a common position against judicial interference in politics.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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