Dozens have been detained in house raids in Turkey, including members of the pro-Kurdish Green Left, while the far-right Zafer Party leader pledged support for the opposition and signed a protocol regarding the dismissal of pro-Kurdish mayors.
Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has argued that the US State Department was wrong to advise both the White House and Congress to go easy on Turkey in the run-up to the national elections on the grounds that any punitive response could play into President Erdoğan’s hands.
As diplomatic tensions escalate over Turkey’s recent allegations of press freedom violations in Germany, the German Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish ambassador in Berlin.
An investigation into the German company FinFisher, which stands accused of illegally selling spyware to the Turkish intelligence to monitor Turkey’s opposition was concluded in Germany.
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