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Opposition mayor-elect assaulted by former Turkish ruling party mayor

According to a local SP official, the injured party member is in critical condition.

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A day after local elections, a mayor-elect from the opposition Felicity Party (SP) was physically assaulted by the former mayor of Diyarbakır’s Çüngüş district, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician, the T24 news website reported.

SP mayor-elect Ali Suat Akmeşe was injured along with another party member and a policeman. They were airlifted to a hospital in Diyarbakır.

According to a local SP official, the injured party member is in critical condition.

“The AKP chairman [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan], ministers and [AKP ally] Devlet Bahçeli terrorized the society with their political messages and sowed the seeds of anger,” he said.

Four people were killed on election day during altercations at several polling stations.

Source: Turkish Minute

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