Opposition News Unfit to Print in Turkey’s Vote Campaign
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When Ankara’s mayor got wind of an opposition ad campaign that would hint at government corruption, he called an adviser to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The adviser, Mustafa Varank, conferred with the Turkish premier in private, according to leaked tapes of his conversations with Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek, and came back with straightforward advice: don’t let the ads run.