Erdogan's Ally Suggested Poisoning a Journalist and Provided Chemical Formula for Poison

The head of the Political Ethics Commission of the ruling Justice and Development Party, Kemalettin Aydin, has violated Twitter's rules on insults and harassment, according to Ahval, citing a company notification.

Twitter has completed its investigation into Aydin's account concerning a tweet he directed at Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, in which he suggests poisoning a journalist who accused the minister of corruption with strychnine. In the accompanying diagram, Aydin presents Soylu with the chemical formula for the poison.

Aydin is a professor of medical sciences, a specialist in biotechnology and infectious diseases, and a former MP from the ruling party. He last tweeted on Monday, accusing Armenians of