Abdurrahim Boynukalın

He wrote and supported articles contributing to the Solution-Peace Process within the framework of general human rights. These articles received negative reactions from ultra-nationalists people.[6]

Boynukalın was appointed as the President of the Justice and Development Party Youth Wing in September 2014, formally taking over from the previous President Zafer Çubukcu on 12 October 2014 after he was appointed as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey.[11][12] Boynukalın became an AKP parliamentary candidate from Istanbul's 3rd electoral district and was elected at the June 2015 general election.[13]

On the evening of September 6, 2015, about 200 AKP supporters attacked the headquarters of the Doğan Media Center, where the headquarters of the Hürriyet newspaper is located. Mob threw stones at the beginning of the building's windows, and the former President of Turkey, AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the news about the Freedom of expression had Boynukalın.[14] After 16 Turkish soldiers were killed by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in Dağlıca, Erdoğan was heavily criticized, claiming that the attack would never have happened if the AKP had won 400 seats in the June 2015 general elections. However, Hürriyet newspaper later made an apology for the news.[15] Boynukalin stated in the statement he made at that time that the protests had a democratic basis and that they had exceeded their purpose and apologized to the Hurriyet newspaper and argued that the reactions should be made on a democratic basis.[16]

[17] In the news written in that period, It also emerged that he was a critic of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and had previously authored tweets in support for Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK, on his Twitter account.[18][19] After the attack, Hürriyet took Boynukalın to court for vandalism, threatening individuals in order to create panic and fear, breaking and entering, inciting others to commit a crime and attempting to limit freedoms.[20] However, the prosecutor's office decided that there was no need to prosecute Boynukalın.