Turkish opposition leader accuses ruling party of ‘savage governance’

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is conducting “savage governance” in Istanbul by forcefully destroying the city’s natural and cultural structures, leader of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is quoted by Hürriyet Daily News as saying on May 29.

The remarks were made during the CHP leader's speech at the opening ceremony of an Istanbul exposition that gathered the opposition party’s municipal staff members. 

Sixty-one Republican People’s Party (CHP) municipalities came together at Istanbul’s CNR Expo center in order to highlight the party’s ongoing projects nationwide, which are continuing despite strong hindrance from the government, Kılıçdaroğlu noted.