Turkey’s ruling alliance welcomes Islamist parties with misogynist agendas
The New Welfare Party and Huda-Par back the People’s Alliance led by Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party.
ISTANBUL — Two Islamist parties have signed up to support Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s electoral alliance, putting a law on violence against women under threat and challenging the wider rights of women and the LGBTQ community.
In a U-turn over the weekend, the New Welfare Party (YRP) was officially admitted into the People’s Alliance led by Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP). The alliance also includes two far-right parties.
