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Chris Van Hollen: “It would be an incredible action by Erdogan to ban the second largest party and in doing so those elections could not…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2021
It would be an incredible action by Erdogan to ban the second largest party and in doing so those elections could not have validity, at the end of the day.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Condemning Erdogan's potential ban on a major political party in Turkey.

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