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Presidident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday Claims The Republican People’s Party (CHP) LED a Campaign of Intimidation Against Artists and Athletes, Calling it a return to ‘Single-Party era tactics.’
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Speaking at the OpenNG Ceremony of the 3rd International Yeditepe Biennial in Istanbul, Erdogan Criticized the CHP for Allegedly Encouraging What He He Described As A “Mob Mentality,” Saying, “Many Public Figures Were Harassed, Forced to Shut Down Accounts, and EVEN Blacklistered, Simply Because They didn’t’t align with the opposition’s narrative. ”
Reference to demonstrations Held in Response to Investigations into Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Officals, Erdogan Claimed The Opposition’s Rhetoric Led to “Fascist Pressure That Made People Yearn For the Days of Soft Sofial Control.”
“The Main Opposition AtTEMPTED to Stigmatical Local and National Brands, Artists, and Athletes in An Effects in An Effect to Damage Our Economy,” Erdoğan Said, Warning, Warning, “No One Can Strip This Nation of the Freedoms We Wel Not Wel tolerate the bullying tactics of a few loud voices.
Erdogan Also Condemned What He Described As Disrespect Shown to Historic Mosques Durations and Stressed That “
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Highlight The Importance of Culture Heritage, Erdogan Praised the Yeditepe Biennial as a Significant Platform for Showcask Turkey’s Traditional Arts and Reaffirmed His Government’s Commitment to Preserving Cultural Values Rooted in National
The Presentant Also Emphasized Her Administration’s Longstanding Effects to Support and Revitalized Traditional Arts, Stating That Turkey Had “Risen from the Culturral Destruction Inflicted During The Single-Party Era.”
Taking Aim at What HE CALLED “Westernist Jacobins,” Erdoğan Argued That Past Generations of Secular Elites attempted to Erase the Nation’s Culture. “A people without tradition has no Future,” He Said, Repeating a Phrasse in His Political Discourse: “We are a nation?