Erdogan using Covid-19 to manipulates the laws

The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his
ruling party, "Justice and Development", did not only interfere in
the affairs of other countries. Harnessing the legislature in his favor and
passing bills expanding his party’s influence and powers.
Erdogan practiced the process of detailing private
laws, in line with his whims and his ruling party without considering the
national and health considerations that necessitated serious consideration of
releasing detainees without charges. He used this to delude international
public opinion by the process of releasing those convicted of criminal crimes
and keeping the detainees due to political opinions and journalists. And everyone
who opposed it and opposed the policy of his ruling party.
And it blew up a bill that the government was
constantly seeking to pass, amnesty for rapists, and it sparked great
controversy previously, and many associations and opponents protested it. In
addition, Erdogan held a meeting with members of his government; To discuss the
proposed amendments to the penal code, the Justice and Development Party has
approved a draft partial amnesty law for prisoners after the outbreak of the
Corona virus in the country.
This law stipulated partial amnesty for those who
spent 65% of their sentences instead of 75%, and the amnesty included rapists
of women and children accused of harassment and drug cases; Estimates indicate
that according to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper that between 70,000 and 100,000
prisoners will be released, including 60,000 convicted of drug crimes, and
excluding them from amnesty for journalists and politicians and terrorism
charges against opponents, especially those arrested for belonging to the
"Julen" movement 2016.
Earlier, Kemal Kılıçıdar أوlu,
head of the opposition Turkish Republican People's Party, criticized the
practices of the Turkish government and the arbitrary arrest and violation of
journalists' rights. He said: “They have moved from a semi-closed prison to a
closed prison. I consider the arrest of journalists a disaster for the republic
and for human rights and democracy. ».
The actions of the Turkish President reveal the
concerns of several detainees inside the Turkish prisons, and this was
explained by Muhammad Rabih Al-Daihi, a researcher in Turkish affairs, who
said: The exclusion of the category of political detainees, journalists, and
opponents of Erdogan's policy behind him is motivated by Erdogan's strong
desire for revenge and silence mouths; The Turkish regime is afraid that these
people will leave because it will cause a threat to Erdogan's rule and fears of
the Turkish street turning against him and increasing the revolt against him,
or exposing the injustice, repression and suffering that they faced in prisons.
The researcher added that it is possible that the
reason behind Erdogan and his government taking the step of pardoning those
accused of cases related to sexual assaults, drugs and "terrorism"
and those with previous records under the mantle of the Corona virus is nothing
but terrorism and fear for the Turkish street of the presence of these
criminals, which may threaten the lives of citizens, In addition, there may be
suspicious deals that bring them together, with the aim of distracting public
opinion from its overwhelming political practices in the country, as well as
distracting the people from the failure of the health system in Turkey.
The researcher referred to a report published on
"Nasmat" for social and cultural studies under the title
"Systematic liquidation of the health sector in Turkey"; Whereas,
7500 medical workers were dismissed, as part of a "collective
cleansing" operation practiced by the government, of whom 1697 academic doctors
were senior professors and heads of medical departments, representing 6% of the
total academic staff working in medical colleges, and 1689 doctors who worked
in The Ministry of Health arbitrarily, in addition to that more than 1,200
doctors are now out of work as a result of the closure of their hospitals and
private medical centers.
He continued: 675 academic doctors lost their work
when private medical colleges related to Gülen projects closed, and 5261
doctors, academics and health workers were affected by these arbitrary
measures, and according to Turkish statistics, a number of those who were
arbitrarily dismissed by the government from workers in the government and
private health care sector, More than 21 thousand workers, and perhaps the only
crime they committed is that their opinions contradict the directions of the
ruling party. All this helped the collapse of the Turkish health system.