Turkey demanded to ban the main opposition party

The Istanbul Prosecutor's office has demanded that the main opposition in Turkey, the Republican People's Party (CHP), be banned. This was announced on November 11 by the SZC TV channel.

"It has been established that the CHP systematically and continuously interfered in the elections held at the national and local levels in order to influence their credibility, the will of voters and the democratic order," the report says.

According to the Prosecutor's office, according to the law on political parties, the appeal was sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Supreme Court of Turkey to take the necessary measures. "Газета.Ru ".

It is clarified that the request followed the announcement on November 11 by the Istanbul prosecutor of the indictment against the arrested former mayor of the city, Ekrem Imamoglu.

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On September 2, a court in Turkey decided to dismiss the head and other board members of the Republican People's Party (CHP), whose leader was Imamoglu. He was arrested on March 23 on suspicion of organizing corruption, bribery and bribery. After that, the country's Interior Ministry reported that Imamoglu had been temporarily suspended from his duties. Against the background of his arrest, mass protests began in the republic.

On July 16, the arrested mayor was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for insulting the prosecutor.