Turkey commits rights violations: Report by UK MPs

‘Turkey was hit by a corruption scandal in December 2013 in which several key people in the government were involved. In response, the ruling party started a campaign against judiciary, police and media to cover up the corruption. A report by senior British lawyers describes the measures taken by the government of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to silence dissenting voices as “human rights violations”.

Following scandalous claims against major government members and Erdogan’s inner circle in 2013, Turkish authorities seem to have become extremely sensitive to allegations of corruption, and have detained many and imposed some restrictions on media.

In the course of the scandal, incriminating wiretap recordings of Erdogan, who was prime minister at the time, and other top officials as well as businesspeople emerged on the Internet.’

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