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Turkey: Erdogan's Unofficial Paramilitary Groups to 'Monitor' Elections?
by Uzay Bulut • February 4, 2019 at 4:00 am
- The memo, sent by the Turkish Interior Ministry to the country's governors, states that in the March 31 elections, in addition to police and security officials manning the polls and taking the necessary "precautions required for election security," there will also be "volunteer security guards" involved.
- The reason this announcement is worrisome to opposition activists, among others, has to do with what they suspect is the nature and makeup of these "volunteers" -- particularly with rise of unofficial paramilitary groups connected to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Turkish Interior Ministry's new plans for "volunteer security guards" at polling stations during upcoming mayoral elections is worrying opposition activists, given the rise of unofficial paramilitary groups connected to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party. Pictured: Erdogan casts his ballot at a polling station on November 1, 2015, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Gokhan Tan/Getty Images)
A Turkish government memo related to the upcoming mayoral elections in Turkey is causing deep concern among oppositionists throughout the country.
The memo, sent by the Interior Ministry to the country's governors, states that in the March 31 elections, in addition to police and security officials manning the polls and taking the necessary "precautions required for election security," there will also be "volunteer security guards" involved.
The reason this announcement is worrisome to opposition activists, among others, has to do with what they suspect is the nature and makeup of these "volunteers" -- particularly with the rise of unofficial paramilitary groups connected to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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