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PES denounces Canan Kaftancıoğlu’s prison sentence for her political tweets
The Party of European Socialists regrets the decision of the Turkish Court of Appeals to sentence Canan Kaftancıoğlu, from our Turkish associate party CHP, to ten years in prison for expressing her legitimate opinions on Twitter. The PES calls for the immediate repeal of the sentence.
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PES Foreign Policy Network condemns injustices in Turkey and discusses institutional racism in US and Europe
Justice must win out in the USA and Turkey, foreign affairs spokespersons, MEPs, MPs and key representatives from the progressive political family said today as they convened to discuss foreign policy.
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PES President regrets US decision to pull out of digital tax talks
The US administration has decided to withdraw from OECD negotiations on creating international corporate taxation and has warned it will retaliate if European countries plan to go forward with taxing American firms such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.
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Erdogan’s crackdown on opposition is illegal and antidemocratic
The Party of European Socialists forcefully rejects the detention of members of the Turkish Parliament Leyla Güven and Musa Farisoğulları – from our associate party HDP – and of Enis Berberoğlu – from our associate party CHP. The PES denounces these detentions as fraudulent, political and unjust. All three have been illegally stripped of their parliamentary immunity.
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