right of assembly

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Pages on debates over the right of assembly and demonstration and how that right is restricted.

The claim that his "roots are abroad" and that he is linked to foreign powers

The accusation at the centre of the dispute with Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu is a single sentence: "his roots are abroad". Alparslan Kuytul's answer begins the same way — his mother is known, his father is known, the people he meets are known — and it ends by calling the accuser into a mutual curse. To this day not one document has been produced.

Unfounded

The "he went knowing full well that trouble would break out" claim

In Adana on 22 April 2017 the intervention had begun before Kuytul had even set out: gas, pressurized water and plastic bullets were used against the few hundred people who arrived at the park early.

Out of context

The claim that "there was a state of emergency, and they tried to hold an event despite the ban"

The governor's office did have a ban decision; but that decision concerned the conference. The press statement was on a different subject, statements in Adana did not require permission, and the park chosen was not on the list of banned places.

Partly true

The claim that his "roots are abroad" and that he is linked to foreign powers

The "he went knowing full well that trouble would break out" claim

The claim that "there was a state of emergency, and they tried to hold an event despite the ban"

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