Have they now? And this was the party that claimed they were moderates. I read something the other day about some of their antics but didn't realise they were taking things further than this.
Yes, they invented a crypto-terrorist organisation called "Ergenekon" to justify their inquisition. According to JDP propaganda, this evil community of socialists, nationalists, and Kemalists are responsible for all the evils of modern Turkey.
The great irony is that Ergenekon was an actual organisation that existed in Turkey a few decades ago. Being a far-right clade, they targetted socialists and other pro-Soviet sympathisers... Now that the original Ergenekon has probably disappeared, JDP is using a net of conspiracy theories, Islamist media, and religious tariqaahs to disseminate false information. Their methods are quite similar to the Inquisition. In both Ergenekon cases, one true and one imaginary, the secular Left have been the actual victims.
Yesterday, the inquisition bands of JDP arrested three university rectors, all secularists. Another prominent victim was Turkan Saylan, an elderly woman suffering from cancer, who is the founder of the Civil Society of Supporting Modern Life, among many other things. She was treated badly, according to some sources. Apparently, nothing is inviolable in the eyes of these thugs.