Supporters of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began harassing political opposition figures by creating social media hashtags that unleashed death and rape threats following a novel coup conspiracy, ahvalnews-com reports.
Turkish opposition leaders have found themselves accused of inciting a coup in a fresh onslaught by AKP members and pro-government media.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed on May 4 the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) depicted “a fascist mindset that cannot stomach the supremacy of the national will, democracy, justice and elections, and is still yearning and burning for tutelage, coups, and juntas”.
He accused the political party of seeking to usurp governmental power through a coup.
After Erdogan’s statements, pro-government media figure Sevda Noyan said on a TV program last Friday her family could “take out 50 people” to support the Turkish president in the event of a coup attempt against him.
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