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| Controversial AKP members pushed out of MP candidate list |
| 2015-09-19 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has surprised analysts by excluding a number of controversial figures from its candidate list for the Nov. 1 elections. AKP politician Abrurrahim Boynukalin, who was filmed delivering a fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... speech in front of the daily Hurriyet headquarters in Istanbul amid a violent attack on Sept. 6, was not included in the party's candidate list for the Nov. 1 elections despite his recent rise in the party's bodies. An initial attack and a second consecutive one less than 48 hours later triggered a public outcry and international reaction, as Hurriyet vowed to continue its independent editorial policy in spite of threats. Boynukalin, who was seen in another video explicitly threatening Hurriyet journalists, was elected to the AKP's steering committee at the party's congress on Sept. 12. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, however, had said he did not approve of Boynukalin's remarks, as Hurriyet placed a legal complaint against Boynukalin. MP Ugur Isilak, a singer-turned-politician who was filmed as he fell asleep in a parliamentary session, was also excluded from the AKP's list. "I'm not going to the parliament to sleep," Isilak had told daily Turkiye before the June 7 general election, vowing to work tirelessly to improve legislation on culture and arts. His promise was broken in the third session of the new parliament. |
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