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Many reports of nepotistic appointments throughout municipalities across the country held by CHP, the main opposition party in Turkey in the last few days - in an AK Party-like fashion. That's been a source of great resentment and criticism towards the government party.
People see the CHP cadres do the exact same thing that they've been criticising, so the backlash is quite big. CHP MPs introduced a bill that'd ban employing first-degree relatives of mayors/officials in municipalities and subsidiaries, in response to the criticisms so far.
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu also spoke out against the practice: "They need to do what's needed. This is not a place for friends or relatives, no matter who that is. If I'm doing it, my party should hold me accountable too."https://twitter.com/firatfstk/status/1156516750458052610 …
This is another example of the fact that most evils/bad practices we speak about in Turkey/Turkish politics are not exclusive to one clique or party - it's in the DNA of the system. The difference may be in how widespread they are within every party/clique but that's about it.
On a separate note, remembering how then-PM Davutoglu wanted to introduce a transparency bill that would require every official in civil service, provincial officials for parties & MPs to declare their assets - and how it was effectively blocked by his own party in 2015
All of this says a lot about the dominant characteristics about politics in Turkey - and how muddy it is, across the political spectrum.
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