MHP's Feti Yıldız defends 'influence agent' law: Compares them to the devil...

Feti Yıldız, MHP Deputy Chairman in charge of Legal and Election Affairs and Istanbul MP,used harsh language against those who oppose the 'influence agent' law in a post on X.

"THEY TURN INTO A DEVIL THAT HAS HEARD THE BASMALA"

Yıldız stated the following:

"All of the converts, the turncoats, the crypto-FETÖ members, the mandate-seekers, the separatists, the regionalists, the Marxists, the frauds, the charlatans, the political weathercocks, and all enemies of Turkish-Islam who slander the Nationalist Movement Party and the Turkish State from behind screens and keyboards are opposing the 'influence agent' regulation without exception.

These types, who use their journalistic credentials, academic profession, or activist identity in line with operational goals,  turn into a devil that has heard the Basmala when they hear the term 'influence agent'."

The converts, the turncoats
of crypto-FETÖ members, mandate-seekers, separatists, regionalists,
Marxists, frauds,
charlatans, political turncoats, and all manner of enemies of Turks and Islam, from behind screens and keyboards
those who slander the Nationalist Movement Party and the Turkish State...

— Feti Yıldız (@YildizFeti) June 20, 2024

INFLUENCE AGENT LAW 

Turkish Penal Codeof the (Turkish Penal Code - TCK) the crime of 'possessing documents related to state security'The ruling party justifies the draft, which adds a clause under the heading 'other activities' to Article 339, which regulates on the grounds of 'combating new types of espionage activities'.

With a clause included in the proposal and described by the public as'influence agency', a new crime definition is being introduced in addition to the crimes of 'espionage' defined in Article 328 of the TCK and 'possessing documents related to the security of the State' regulated in Article 339.

MHP'S YILDIZ HAD CRITICIZED VIA 'GRANTS'

Previously responding to critics of the regulation on his social media account, MHP Deputy Chairman Feti Yıldız pointed out that those who receive "grants" from abroad and act as "influence agents" would be included under the scope of the crime, stating the following:

"We certainly do not expect any 'grant-eating' individual or institution that receives grants from abroad, acts as an influence agent in return, and looks out for the interests of a foreign power to support this legislative proposal or make statements in line with national interests."

News Source: 12punto