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| Angry Turkish PM vows to prevent street protests |
| 2015-04-02 |
| [Hurriyet} Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has promised that the government will tolerate no street demonstrations "whoever they are and whatever their intent is," while chiding elements of the media and the opposition over the March 31 slaying of a prosecutor. Wednesday Davutoğlu said, "There will be no toleration, not even for a minute, of those who go out [to protest] on the street without permission, threatening the country’s security, whoever they are and whatever their intent is," at the massive funeral for slain prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, who was taken hostage by two assailants before being killed during their confrontation with the police in Istanbul. The prime minister blasted several media outlets for printing photographs of the assailants holding a gun to the prosecutor's head. While giving no details about the police operation against the two assailants, Şafak Yayla and Bahtiyar Doğruyol, Davutoğlu said that they had uncovered international phone calls made by the two gunmen, purportedly exposing their links abroad. Meanwhile, Davutoğlu also castigated two opposition leaders for not showing up to the funeral. He said, "I call on politicians to review [their choices]. Bahçeli and Kılıçdaroğlu were not here. Those who do not stand with the people in their painful days cannot play a role in their future." |
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