Erdogan Regime Threatens Political Opponents

After Turkish opponents criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's policies towards political prisoners, they received death threats.

Among them was the leader of the opposition Republican People's Party Kemal Kılıçdarolu, who received a number of death threats, according to Turkish news .

Meanwhile, the opposition party spoke of the MHP as a "paid killer" for Erdogan, knowing that the latter party is allied with the president.

Also, the prominent opposition said that Ankara continues to imprison Demirtas the former presidential candidate, and other prisoners of conscience. At the same, it released a mafia leader and a number of drug traffickers, as part of its plan to reduce the number of prisoners due to the emerging Corona virus crisis.

Turkey Killing It's Political Opponents

After releasing mafia leader Alaeddin Çakıcı, sent a letter filled with threats and insults to Kılıçdarolu, for his defense of the Turkish opposition and accused him of "treason."

Çakıcı, is a mafia leader and a criminal convicted in many armed crimes inside and outside Turkey, such as; the attempt to kill journalist Henjal Uluj, and carrying out an armed attack on a club in Fatih district in Istanbul.

Turkey Threats It's Political Opponents

Noteworthy, Bulent Arinc, Presidential High Advisory Board member and former deputy prime minister, resigned following a dispute with President Erdogan, over recent remarks in which Arinc criticized the imprisonment of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas and prominent businessperson and dissident civil society figure Osman Kaval.