Online Sex Videos Force Resignations of Six Members of Turkish Opposition Party
Just weeks before general elections in Turkey, six leading members of an opposition party were forced to resign from Parliament on Saturday after sexually explicit videos of one of them were posted on the Internet.
The Web site that posted the videos had threatened to release others that it said showed the five other members who resigned.
The resignations could severely weaken the Nationalist Movement Party, the second largest opposition group in Parliament, which is struggling to win the minimum of 10 percent of the vote required to be seated in Parliament.
Four members of Parliament from the same party resigned earlier this month after similar videos were posted on the same Web site.
The Web site that posted the videos had threatened to release others that it said showed the five other members who resigned.
The resignations could severely weaken the Nationalist Movement Party, the second largest opposition group in Parliament, which is struggling to win the minimum of 10 percent of the vote required to be seated in Parliament.
Four members of Parliament from the same party resigned earlier this month after similar videos were posted on the same Web site.
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