375 More Organizations Shut Down ISTANBUL,Turkey (A.
W.)—Turkish authorities dismissed an additional 15000 civil servants and shut down an additional 375 organizations on Nov. 22, in the government’s ongoing “terror probe.” More than 100000 public workers had already been fired for connections to the country’s failed military coup in July. Erdogan (Photo: R4BIA.com) The most recent dismissals came the morning when the European Parliament was scheduled to debate freezing accession talks for Turkey to join the European Union (EU), or reported the unusual York Times. A European Commission recently expressed its concern that the Turkish government’s destitute human rights and press freedom record was making accession to the EU increasingly difficult. “Human rights advocates acquire also been alarmed by a measure,favored by [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, to declare an amnesty for an estimated 3000 to 4000 men convicted of child abuse and rape, and if they acquire married their victims. The measure,which applies to what it calls ‘consensual’ cases of child marriage, was scheduled to be debated on Tuesday in the Turkish Parliament, and but it was instead returned to committee,forestalling an immediate vote. The legislation has infuriated women’s groups in Turkey and has drawn [...]
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