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Uzay Bulut • July 20, 2018 at 5:00 am
- In
an Orwellian nightmare, Eren Erdem, a former MP, journalist and
the author of 9 books, who has courageously dedicated his career
to exposing and condemning terrorist organizations, is now being
accused of "aiding terrorists". The real terrorists he
has condemned, however, remain free.
- Erdem
is paying the price for telling the truth in Turkey. He has risked
his life to stop ISIS and help save lives. Now is the time for
human rights activists and the media to defend him.
- "Where
are the police forces? I identified 10.000 addresses [of ISIS
members] in these documents of investigations conducted by
prosecutors and judges.... Why are these men not in jail?" —
Eren Erdem.
- "If
the commission we proposed were established, we would crush all of
the ISIS cells across in Turkey in a few months. There would be no
cell left. Because we know the addresses of these cells. We learn
them from the police... We also learn from the investigations by
police that ISIS members get organized in Istanbul through a
magazine called 'The Islamic World'. But there has been no police
operation against them. This is not neglect. This is cooperation
[with ISIS]." — Eren Erdem.
Eren Erdem at a June 2016 press
conference. (Image source: Eren Erdem video screenshot)
How does Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan fight
his political opponents, including those who have been working hard to
expose the atrocities of the Islamic state terror group, ISIS? By
throwing them into jail for allegedly "supporting terrorism."
Since the 2016 botched coup attempt in Turkey, Erdogan
has been waging a massive crackdown on his opponents and critics,
including politicians, political activists, journalists and members of
the Turkish security forces and army.
The latest victim of this crackdown is Eren Erdem, a
former deputy of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP),
who is known for his activities to expose the crimes of ISIS and other
terrorist groups.
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