Adding to a series of gag orders on critical topics, Turkey on Tuesday issued a ban on media coverage regarding a scholarship granted by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) to Ravza Kavakçı, a deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party).
According to the T24 news portal, Ravza Kavakçı was employed by the AKP-led İBB in 2008 and, on the first day of her employment, she was sent to the United States for a 4-year PhD program in Political Science.
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Kavakçı family has a controversial history in the Turkish political life. The family initially came to public attention in 1999 when Ravza’s sister, Merve Kavakçı caused an uproar when she wore her headscarf to a swearing-in ceremony in Parliament in what some saw as defiance of the secular Turkish Constitution. At that time Turkish law banned the wearing of Islamic-style headscarves in public institutions.
The incident led to the revoking of Merve Kavakçı’s Turkish citizenship after she was found to have acquired US citizenship without informing the authorities; hence, she was prevented from serving in Parliament.
Merve Kavakçı was appointed as Turkey’s ambassador to Kuala Lumpur in 2017 by Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government.
from Turkey Purge https://turkeypurge.com/turkey-issues-ban-on-media-coverage-of-controversial-scholarship-granted-to-pro-erdogan-politician
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