Fearing the upcoming elections.. Erdogan increases the policies of repression and detention
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is living in a state of terror ahead of next year’s presidential elections. His popularity has deteriorated significantly, threatening to lose the position he has held for more than 20 years. The Erdogan regime continues to commit crimes in Turkey, which have reached their peak, and does not hesitate in the injustice of the people of Turkey. Any opponent of him and his party’s fate will be exile and arbitrary dismissal.
Thousands separation
Osman Jochard, a Turkish jurist, says: 6,000 people were dismissed from various institutions, including 4,000 from the Public Security Directorate, on July 30 under the Temporary Article 15 of Decree No. 375. Jochard added that the expiration of the Temporary Article 15 of Decree No. 375 on July 31 resulted in increased “injustice” in the dismissal decisions, noting that the majority of people affected by this dismissal campaign had already been acquitted or not prosecuted.
This comes as a continuation of the state of repression since 2019, when the Turkish authorities investigated 500,000 people on flimsy charges, 750,000 people were arrested, including more than 52,000 accused of belonging to the Gülen movement, in addition to the closure of 3,000 schools and 189 media outlets. Erdogan fired more than 11,000 employees from their posts, and 175,000 employees were dismissed from their jobs and the supporters of justice and development were pushed to their place.
Civil society organizations have been hit hard by the state of emergency: 1,719 institutions have been shut down, human rights associations have been shut down, 166 media institutions have their property confiscated after its closure, more than 100,000 websites have been blocked during 2017, and in April 2021, the Turkish newspaper Dovar revealed that over 170,000 people were dismissed from their jobs in Turkey in 2020, under the Social Security Foundation Law 29, which states that it is permissible to dismiss an employee for “violating the code of ethics and good faith”.
Insulting Erdogan
Authorities in Turkey’s Esparta province have required government employees to report any cases of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials to the security services. The authorities in the province justified these measures by claiming there was a high terrorist threat to the country, the newspaper said: There are now 53 people in Turkey on trial for insulting the President, insulting an official in the performance of his duties, or slandering the Turkish government or government institutions.
Jawad Jok, a Turkish political activist, says: The situation in the country has become worrying for everyone, especially with the continuation of the policy of the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to dismiss the official employees in the state institutions on charges of belonging to the “Fethullah Gülen” group, “this authority after being given to Erdogan, everyone saw the result and the large number of those who were excluded from their jobs,” he added, adding that there are a number of those who were laid off belonging to the “Gülen” group, but there are many innocent people who do not belong to that group, confirming the dismissal of the workers and employees without there being evidence of their guilt or knowing the reason for their expulsion, and also that these employees cannot file lawsuits to return to their jobs.
