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Meri stated that Stephan van Baarle had not given a substantive answer to a question from JA21 member Ranjith Clemminck about the financing of reparations to descendants of enslaved people. According to her, the intended recipients had never been slaves themselves and did not know anyone who had. She wrote that slavery in the Dutch colonies had been abolished 163 years earlier. Meri found Van Baarle's tone contemptuous and said he had called Clemminck a "greenhorn." She asserted that an elected representative in the Netherlands had the right to ask critical questions and accused Van Baarle of behaving as if he were in Turkey. She also called him a stain on the parliament and used an insulting description for him. https://t.co/51imqS9OlJ #politiek #slavernij #Nederland (translated)

The article emphasizes that the popular perception of Turkey does not match the daily reality of the citizens, who are under pressure from political repression, scandals, and a failing economic policy, while they need strong support from the international community. #Turkije #Persvrijheid #Politiek (translated)

"A raid on a television channel, appointing a trustee – only dictators would do something like this." Özgür Özel, the chairman of Yeni Parti, also responded to the attack on X: "A raid on a television channel, appointing a trustee – only dictators would do something like this." #Persvrijheid #Turkije #HalkTV (translated)

The Turkish authorities conducted a raid on the opposition-aligned TV channel Halk TV during a live broadcast and appointed an administrator, while the owner is accused of bribery and money laundering, which is viewed by human rights organizations and Turkish opposition leaders as a serious violation of press freedom. #Persvrijheid #Turkije #HalkTV (translated)

Storming into a television station in the early morning and appointing a director is something only dictators would do. Unfortunately, that is exactly what they have done to our country," Özel reacted on X. Turkey "must rebuild the democratic dikes," Özel argued in an opinion piece published by Volkskrant on Tuesday. #HalkTV #Persvrijheid #Turkije (translated)

Ruud Koopmans wrote that in his opinion asylum seekers could live in Turkey or another country where they were already safe before arriving in the Netherlands. He argued that no asylum seeker in the Netherlands was a refugee. https://t.co/ugdRWNcIu8 #asielzoekers #vluchtelingen #Nederland (translated)

We know that there is manipulation through certain funds. During a speech at the Congress of the Turkish Capital Markets Association, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said, "We know that there is manipulation through certain funds." #Turkije #beleggingsfondsen #koersmanipulatie (translated)

The stock market crisis in Turkey, caused by alleged price manipulation by members of President Erdogan's AK party, has led to a loss of 16 percent on the stock index and a partial refund for affected investors, while confidence in the economy is further under pressure from high inflation and a weakening lira. #Turkije #beleggingsfondsen #koersmanipulatie (translated)