While the government of Turkey continues to crush the basic human rights and freedoms of its citizens, its officials are making statements completely detached from facts. On October 17, for instance, the head of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Çağatay Kılıç said that “racism and discrimination against religious identities in Europe have reached a peak.”
“A human being is an entity with thoughts, feelings, beliefs and social networks,” he added. “If a person is not allowed to live with these characteristics, this person’s fundamental rights and freedoms are taken away from them.”
