Bloomberg) — Frustrations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s efforts to maintain his dominance over politics bubbled to the surface, as a co-founder of the ruling AK party warned him against meddling in the government’s work. Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc criticized Erdogan twice over the weekend, signaling tensions among long-term political allies ahead of parliamentary elections in June. Erdogan has been lobbying to install a presidential system in Turkey, reducing or possibly eliminating parliament’s authority.
“The apparent power struggle between an elected president and an elected government moved to a new level,” Mert Ulker, head of research at Ak Investment in Istanbul, said in an e-mailed report on Monday. “The AKP government is apparently not moving in harmony with the president, calling to mind a conflicts-of-interest aspect which will likely keep the political risk premium elevated.”
Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek, a member of the AK party, said Arinc was attacking Erdogan under orders from a “parallel structure.” The reference was to followers of U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen, who officials say are trying to undermine the government from within. Gokcek, in more than 30 tweets to almost 2.5 million followers, said Arinc should resign as deputy prime minister and government spokesman. “We don’t want you,” he tweeted.
Arinc told reporters it was inappropriate for Erdogan to use the media to criticize government efforts to make peace with the nation’s Kurds.
‘Worthy Service’
“We love our president, we know his strength and we’re aware of his worthy service to the nation,” Arinc said. “But don’t forget that this country has a government and this government will go to elections.” He dismissed Erdogan’s claims that he wasn’t aware of some of the steps the government has taken in the Kurdish process.
Arinc vowed to defend Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, head of the party and the government, against any threat to his image before June 7 general elections, and predicted he would lead the next government. Davutoglu hasn’t said whether he will support Erdogan’s declared goal to make the president Turkey’s top official instead of the prime minister. Erdogan became Turkey’s first directly elected president in August, after ruling as prime minister for 11 1/2 years.
Transition to a presidential system would require 367 votes for ratification in parliament or 330 votes to bring it to a popular referendum. AK currently has 312 seats.
To contact the reporter on this story: Selcan Hacaoglu in Ankara at shacaoglu@bloomberg.net
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BULENT ARINC- ERDOGAN AND AKP FROM BLOOMBERG
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PARIS IS SEETHING, TURKEY IS STINKING
Istanbul
7 January 2015Enough! No more Turkish experts. No more lying politicians. No more cheating and stealing. No more talk of the obscene palace wherein resides the source of all of it. No more rancid, pompous rhetoric from the president of this stinking country. No more television discussion panels. No more Turkish language for it has died from murderous abuse. Shame covers Turkey like gas from a swamp. Breathe! Breathe! Breathe, you Turks!
You, the Turkish people, have so diligently supported your terrorist government. What didn’t you understand? What clouded your minds? Islam? Please be serious. What clouded your minds was money. Bribes. Jobs. Big construction contracts. Unnecessary bridges. Irrelevant airports. Polluting power plants. Coal in bags. You were cheated there, too. Coal and stones. Can you tell coal from stone? Shit from shoe polish? The government couldn’t even give you a “pure” bribe. Such is its cheating, thieving nature. Thefts. Nothing could prevent you from supporting a criminal for prime minister who grew to become a criminal as president. And nothing could prevent you from supporting the treasonous opposition parties who collaborate with the terrorist government and foreign powers intent on your destruction. Bow down, Turks! Stoop and bathe in the blood of innocents! Let it run up to the elbows! Stoop! Stoop! Bow to your boss!
It was all in front of your noses, this stink. This rotten game played with Syria. This disgusting, double-faced game known as being-a-friend-of-Erdogan. And so the weapons and bestial volunteers flowed through Turkey. And so rose ISIS! And Hatay was destroyed. Erdogan, the big shot friend of America. Erdogan, the expert on the Middle East. Erdogan, a man whose venality defies description, indeed a scowling metaphor of venality. And the corruption continued to flow. Arms to terrorists under the cover name of Free Syrian Army. Moderate Islamic “folks” trying to overthrow a duly constituted, sovereign nation—Syria! He is the source of the evil, of the beheadings, the slaughters, the rapes, the genocide of the Syrian Diaspora. And all the thefts from the moderate Islamic killers flowed back into Turkey. How eager were these Turks to buy cheap gasoline, stolen whisky, stolen cars. Isn’t god great? What a bargain! Cheap gas for the lives of innocent Syrians. Good job! Eat! Eat! Eat, you Turks!
The blood of the innocents in Paris is on the Turkish government’s hands. Erdogan, this most unnatural creature, has already destroyed his own country. And 53% of the Turks think that this is a good idea, if they are thinking at all. This Erdogan was America’s main man. A hard guy who could make it all happen. America loves guys like this. They make movies about them. But this hard guy had another agenda, and it wasn’t moderate. His ego was as big as all outdoors. Look at his house. Can you understand, you 53% of the Turks who are the equivalent of war criminals? You aiders and abettors of terrorism and murder! And you of the remainder, the 47% who think your ideas are the only important ideas and delay and discuss while the fascists prepare the end of Turkey as a nation. Talk! Talk! Talk! And then the back of your skull suddenly splinters like all the others.
The weapons in Paris arose in Syria through Turkish hospitality. The road to hell leads through Turkey. And so does the road to Paris. And so do these others, these big shots who think they know something. These are the ones who have helped Erdogan’s Turkey become a terrorist state. Their guilt is vast. And is no mystery to normal, ordinary people. And a complaint was filed with the International Criminal Court on 6 October 2014.
I have the honor to file with you and the International Criminal Court (ICC) this Criminal Complaint against
U.S. citizens Barack Hussein Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, John Forbes Kerry,John Owen Brennan, Michael Joseph Morell, David Howell Petraeus, and Leon Edward Panetta;
Turkish citizens Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Ahmet Davutoğlu and Hakan Fidan;
Saudi Arabian citizens King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz and Prince Saud al-Faisal;
Qatari citizens Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa and Al Thani Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani;
Jordanian citizens Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein and Abdullah Ensour;
Croatian citizens Ivo Josipović and Zoran Milanović;
Belgian citizen Elio Di Rupo;
Bulgarian citizens Boyko Borisov, Marin Raykov Nikolov and Plamen Vasilev Oresharski;
French citizen François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande;
Great Britain citizen David William Donald Cameron;
Romanian citizens Traian Băsescu and Victor-Viorel Ponta;
for their criminal policy planning, subsequent crimes against humanity and ongoing crime of aggression in Syria.
I accuse the above listed individuals of planning, preparing, initiating and executing an act of criminal aggression resulting in the commission of grievous crimes against humanity. These crimes are both “widespread” and “systematic” within the meaning of Rome Statute article 7(1). Therefore the Accused have committed the “Crime of Aggression” by supporting and arming brutal and bestial mercenaries in violation of Rome Statute articles 8(2)(a), 8(2)(b), 8(2)(d), 8(2)f) and 8(2)(g). Furthermore, the Accused have committed numerous “Crimes against Humanity” in flagrant, repeated and longstanding violation of Rome Statute articles 5(1)(b), 7(1)(a), 7(1)(b), 7(1)(d), 7(1)(e), 7(1)(f), 7(1)(g), 7(1)(h), 7(1)(i), and 7(1)(k). Finally, the Accused’s Rome Statute Crimes Against Humanity as specified above constitutes ongoing criminal activity that continues today.
Read the details below. It won’t take long. These are the ones that should be arrested immediately.
But first, Hollande! Then Erdogan!
James (Cem) Ryan
Istanbul
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Arrest of 16-year-old for ’insulting’ Erdoğan ratchets up fears of authoritarianism
A 16-year-old identified as M.E.A. was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly defaming President Erdoğan. (Photo: DHA)
December 25, 2014, Thursday/ 18:58:07/ TODAY’S ZAMAN / ISTANBULThe arrest of a high school student on Wednesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has resulted in outspoken reactions from a number of civil society groups and human rights activists, with the decision considered an example of yet another move by the government toward a more authoritarian Turkey.
Police reportedly came to the school of a 16-year-old identified as M.E.A. in the Central Anatolian city of Konya and took him into custody while he was in class, in front of his teacher and fellow classmates.
While M.E.A was working as a waiter in a café in order to contribute to his family’s household budget. The teenager’s mother, Nazmiye G., complained about the decision via through the family’s lawyer, Barış İspir, and said she does not want to speak until the issue is finalized by the court. İspir has since met M.E.A in prison and has reported that the student wanted to send his best wishes to his family and friends.
M.E.A. is said to be a student activist who launched a Facebook page calling on high school students to stage a demonstration to mark the anniversary of the killing of a Turkish army officer by extremists 84 years ago. During a speech, he reportedly said, “We view Erdoğan as the head of theft, bribery and corruption [in Turkey].”
It was not clear how footage of the speech was made available to the court but a Konya judge said a police officer had recorded the teenager’s speech.
After M.E.A. was arrested at the Meram Industrial Vocational High School, he was taken to a police station for interrogation. M.E.A. was then referred to a court for arrest. After that, the 1st Konya Penal Court of Peace jailed the student on charges of insulting the president.
According to Turkish law, M.E.A. could face up to four years in prison.
In his testimony to a public prosecutor, M.E.A. denied the accusations and said that he had had no intention of insulting the president. About 100 lawyers signed a petition formally objecting to the arrest on Thursday.
Penal courts of peace were recently established by the government as a part of an effort to dominate the judiciary and ensure that the government is not held accountable for its wrongdoing. After the Dec. 17 corruption scandal — which implicated Erdoğan’s inner circle, some of his family members and several ex-ministers — came to public attention, Erdoğan was subject to mounting criticism for refusing demands to hold the corruption suspects to account or to help shed light on claims of corruption within the government.
PM Davutoğlu defends arrest, oppositions strongly critical
Remarks by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on the issue appeared to defend the arrest of the 16-year-old for “insulting” Erdoğan, with the prime minister saying that “everyone, no matter who they are, should respect the post of presidency.”
However, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has described the arrest as “an example of the ‘New Turkey’.” Referring to the recent court decision to return with interest a large amount of money confiscated from Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, a key figure in the graft scandal, Kılıçdaroğlu said, “While a teenager has been arrested, the money of thieves is returned with interest.”
CHP Konya deputy Atilla Kart slammed the arrest, saying that the ruling reflects the fact that fear, oppression and threats are more prevelant than ever before in Turkey, going on to say that the sentence is a “message” to society.
Hasan Kılıç, a lawyer speaking on behalf of the İstanbul Bar Association, warned that no one in Turkey can feel secure under the current practices of law, saying that similarly to other unlawful moves, arrests and detentions have become a standard weapon of the government to intimidate opponents. “If you arrest that boy, then you [the government] cannot claim that justice and laws exist,” Kılıç commented.
Speaking to Today’s Zaman, Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (MAZLUM-DER) Chairman Halim Yılmaz said that the arrest of an adolescent is an obvious violation of the principle of the presumption of innocence until guilt is proven. “An arrest can only be made if there are legitimate suspicions against the suspect. Furthermore, if it is a teenager in question, then an arrest makes the situation worse and increases worries about the implementation of law and justice. Even adults should not be arrested without a fair trial. As the investigation is still continuing, no one should be declared guilty. The Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights [ECtHR] have made many rulings reversing similar arrests in Turkey,” Yılmaz said.
Speaking to Today’s Zaman, İştar Gözaydın, a professor of law and politics, criticized the arrest as yet another example of the present intolerance of any kind of criticism. “Arresting a 16-year-old boy is unacceptable in terms of basic freedoms…. A government need to be tolerant to all criticism, otherwise such a government is not democratic,” Gözaydın said.
Reminiscent of the execution of 17-year-old Erdal Eren
Maya Arakon, an international relations lecturer at Süleyman Şah University, pointed out that the arrest of a teenager who is not legally an adult violates the law and human rights. She also compared the court’s decision to the execution of 17-year-old Erdal Eren following the military coup of Sept. 12, in 1980. Eren was hanged at the age of 17, after having been purposefully given a false ID card showing him to be 18.
Treating children like adults before the law is a signal of a very dangerous course of events in terms of fundamental rights and freedoms, according to Arakon. “If there is an alleged charge, then a juvenile court should handle the issue. An arrest is a disproportionate response. The system has been transformed into one in which any dissenting voices are stifled. The political authority is shutting the door on full democracy. However, imposing pressure on society and ushering in an authoritarian regime poses the risk of social unrest,” Arakon said.
Emphasizing that people’s demands for freedom cannot be dealt with by the oppressive methods of the Turkey of the 1940s, Arakon added that the government should stop oppressing its citizens. “This arrest could be considered a part of a strategy by the ruling party to polarize society ahead of the looming general elections [scheduled for June 2015]. However, this is a dangerous game. It could lead to social unrest. If the feeling of injustice grows among the public, people may decide to take justice into their own hands. The law is not a toy that politicians can manipulate in compliance with their ambitions. I don’t think that Turkey deserves to be downgraded to the list of third-world countries in terms of democracy. There is a substantial demand for democracy in society, even from the grassroots of the [ruling Justice and Development Party] AK Party. Even if the teenager actually committed the offense he is accused of, the president should make a point of saying, ‘Let him go, he’s just a child’,” Arakon said.
Baskın Oran, a professor of international relations and a columnist for the Radikal daily, evaluated the situation with reference to an incident that he had experienced. “Once, a deputy openly insulted me and when I sued him, a court considered his words in the light of the right to freedom of expression. But when a child said something, he was taken from his class and arrested,” Oran told Today’s Zaman.
Akın Birdal, the former head of the Human Rights Association (İHD), said that recently changed laws have created a hostile environment for children in Turkey. “Either children are killed or they are arrested. The recent incident is an extreme point in the intolerance and violation of peoples’ rights. The arrest is a violation of the rights of the child. It is evidence of a despotic regime.”
Bozdağ: Minors should be tried without arrest
To protest the decision, CHP Deputy Chairman Levent Gök called Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ and asked him to explain the decision. Gök later told Hürriyet daily that Bozdağ told him that he cannot interfere with the judicial process, but he believes minors should be put to trial without arrest.
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Noam Chomsky urges Turkey to pursue Kurdish peace
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is backing talks with Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), and says he is sincere about trying to end a war with the PKK that has claimed more than 40,000 lives since 1984. -
AKP aslında nasıl kuruldu
Abdurrahman Dilipak, AKP’nin bir proje olarak ABD, İngiltere ve İsrail tarafından kurulduğu iddia edildi.
Cem Özer’in +1 TV’deki programına konuk olan Merkez Parti Genel Başkanı Abdurrahim Karslı, gündeme bomba gibi düşecek açıklamalarda bulundu.
Abdurrahim Karslı programda Cem Özer’in sorusu üzerine evinde geçen bir sohbetin detaylarına verdi. Karslı, evine gelen bir grup gazeteciyle yemek yedikten sonra partisinin Medya ve Tanıtımdan sorumlu olan ismi Şeyda Açıkkol’un “AK Parti ile ilgili düşünceniz nedir? Biz yeni bir parti kurduk, bu parti ile ilgili yaklaşımınız nasıl?” sorusunu misafirlere sorduğunu iletti.
Karslı’nın iddiasına göre, bu soruya konuklarından AKP’ye yakınlığıyla bilinen Akit gazetesi yazarı Abdurrahman Dilipak çok çarpıcı bir cevap verdi. Karslı’nın iddiasına göre Abdurrahman Dilipak “AKP’nin bir proje partisi” olduğunu ve ABD, İngiltere ve İsrail’in desteğiyle kurulduğunu söyledi. İddiaya göre; Dilipak ABD, İngiltere ve İsrail’in AKP’den talepleri olduğunu ve anlaşmanın şu maddeler üzerinde olduğunu da belirtti:
1. Biz sizi iktidara taşıyalım.
2. Sizi iktidarda sorun çıkaracakları opere edelim
3. Size gerekli finansal destekleri getirelim.
Abdurrahim Karslı, ABD, İngiltere ve İsrail’in isteklerini ise yine Abdurrahman Dilipak’ın şöyle anlattığını iddia etti:
1. İsrail’in güvenliğini arttıracaksınız önündeki engelleri kaldıracaksınız.
2. Büyük Ortadoğu projesi yani sınırların değişmesi.
3. İslam’ın yeniden yorumlanmasında bize yardımcı olacaksınız.
Karslı, sosyal demokratların da bu işin içinde olduğunun söylendiğini iddia ederek, o konuşmada Dilipak’ın şu ifadeleri kullandığını ileri sürdü:
“Sosyal demokratlardan da bu projenin içinde olanlar vardı. O zaman CHP’nin başında olan Deniz Baykal, ona da Cumhurbaşkanlığını verecektik. Ama o sıra anlaşma gereği hiç çalışmadı, gitti sırt üstü yattı nasıl olduysa anlaştık diye. Proje bozuldu, Abdullah Bey’e teklif ettik.”
İŞTE PROGRAMDAN O ANLAR VE ÇARPICI İDDİALARIN TAM METNİ:
“Cem Özer: Böyle kara kutuları var iktidarın. Onlardan biri, sizinde yukarda bahsettiğiniz evinize gelen o 5 konuktan biri. O sohbeti bir daha burada yineler misiniz? Sakınca yoksa ve sıkılmazsanız…
“AK PARTİ BİR PROJE PARTİSİDİR”
Abdurrahim Karslı: Yok yineleyeyim. Bir grup gazeteci arkadaş, bizim de kurucu arkadaşlarımız ile birlikte benim evimi ziyarete geldiler. Yemek yedik, sohbet ettik. Sohbet esnasında, bizim Medya Ve Tanıtımdan Sorumlu Genel Başkan Yardımcımız Şeyda Açıkkol, bir soru sordu. Dedi ki gazeteci ve hazırda olan arkadaşlara;
“1- Ak Parti ile ilgili düşünceniz nedir bu gelinen noktada?
2. Biz yeni bir parti kurduk Merkez Parti ile ilgili ne düşünüyorsunuz?” diye…
Orada muhtelif arkadaşlar vardı, demin yukarıda ismini söylediğim Ak Parti’ye çok hizmet eden, fikir babası, halen içinde olan, çok müdafaa eden gazeteci yazar, benimde eskiden beri tanıdığım, düşünce insanı olarak bildiğim Abdurrahman Dilipak da vardı. Hatta benden yaşça büyük olduğu için ben ona ağabey diye hitap ederim. O da orada vardı. Bu soruya mukabil işte insanlar fikrini söylerken o da fikrini söyledi. Dedi ki “Ak Parti bende bunu çokta yazdım” dedi, “saklamaya gerek yok her yerde de bu mevcut” dedi. “Ak Parti bir proje partisidir” dedi. “Ne projesi” dediler. “Bir tarihte, 90’lı yıllarının başından sonra küresel güçler, emperyalist güçler bunun içinde ABD İngiltere İsrail falan Türkiye’ye gidip gelmeye başladı. Bizlerle de görüşmeye başladı. ‘Niye gelip gidiyorlardı?’ dediler. Bundan sonra Türkiye’de siyasal İslamcılar ile birlikte çalışmak istiyoruz. Çünkü yükselen trend siyasal İslam. Çünkü, Erbakan hoca ve ekibi gittikçe yükselen trendde puan almaya başlamış. Biz sizinle çalışmak istiyoruz biz anlaşma yapalım” yani kendi anlattı.
Cem Özer: Neden Erbakan Hoca madem yükseliyor onunla anlaşma yapmıyorlar?
Abdurrahim Karslı: Erbakan hocaya teklif etmişler. Hatta bunu da söyledi. “O kabul etmedi” dedi. Yani nasıl bir anlaşma? Anlaşma şu:
1. Biz sizi iktidara taşıyalım.
2. Sizi iktidarda sorun çıkaracakları opere edelim
3. Size gerekli finansal destekleri getirelim.
Cem Özer: Yani o zaman kabul ediyor ameliyatı. Memleketi üzerinde kendine yana olursa ameliyatı kabul ediyor…
Abdurrahim Karslı: Tabi.
Cem Özer: Ben memleketin üzerinde ameliyat yaptırmam derken, o zaman yaptırıyor.
“ERBAKAN’A TEKLİF ETTİLER KABUL ETMEDİ”
Abdurrahim Karslı: Demiyor tabi. Yani Erbakan hoca bunları kabul etmiyor. Ama Erbakan hocanın ekibi şimdi Ak Parti’yi kuranlar bunu kabul ediyor. Bunun içinde de Tayyip Bey ve Abdullah Bey var. “Bende vardım” dedi o müzakere ekibinin içinde. Hatta insanlar orada garip garip bakınca orada huzurda olan Ali Bulaç Bey de vardı gazeteci yazar. “Ali Bey’in de haberi var o da biliyor bu ekibi.” dedi. Sonra biz bunları yapalım sizden de istediğimiz şu:
1. İsrail’in güvenliğini arttıracaksınız önündeki engelleri kaldıracaksınız.
2. Büyük Ortadoğu projesi yani sınırların değişmesi.
3. İslam’ın yeniden yorumlanmasında bize yardımcı olacaksınız.
Hatta orada DSP’li bir Bakanımız vardı Aydın Tümen onunda ismini söyleyeyim kızmaz inşallah. Aydın Tümen dönüp bakınca ters ters dedi ki; “Kızmanıza gerek yok. Sosyal demokratlardan da bu projenin içinde olanlar vardı. O zaman CHP’nin başında olan Deniz Baykal, ona da çünkü Cumhurbaşkanlığını verecektik” dedi. “Ama o sıra dedi anlaşma gereği hiç çalışmadı gitti sırt üstü yattı. ‘Nasıl olduysa anlaştık’ diye, proje bozuldu Abdullah Bey’e teklif ettik” dedi.
Cem Özer: Zaten Deniz Baykal, eğer evet demeseydi siyasi hayatımızda Recep Tayyip Erdoğan daha sonra olacaktı.
Abdurrahim Karslı: Tam olarak değil aslında. Daha değişiği, bu iktidar bir proje iktidarı olduğu için muhalefette bu proje gereği iktidarın destekçisi. Dediğiniz gibi meclise girmesi Tayyip Bey’in Deniz Bey sebeptir. Ama erken seçimi teklif eden de Devlet Bahçeli’dir.
Cem Özer: Yani bozalım iktidarı
BU PROJE TÜRKİYE’Yİ BÖLER
Abdurrahim Karslı: Bozalım ve yani o ekonomik bunalımdan siyasi bir bunalım çıkardılar. Ak Parti iktidarı gerçekten projedir.
Cem Özer: Tam da çözülmüştü ekonomi…
Abdurrahim Karslı: Tam da çözülmüştü ekonomi…
Cem Özer: Kemal Derviş geldi, falan filan…
Abdurrahim Karslı: Birde işler tersine döndü. Bunu millet yaşadı. Yani bunu Abdurrahman Bey bunu ısrarla söyledi. “Ya ben bunu kaç defa yazdım. Zaten Türkiye bunu yaşadı.” Beni de göstererek dedi ki “O zaman ben bu arkadaşa gittim geldim bir hafta anlattım böyle böyle çalışalım diye bu kabul etmedi. Reddetti beni.” Doğru. Bana göre öyle bir teklif Türkiye’nin bölünmesi, İslam’ın tahrip edilmesiydi. Sırf Türkiye’nin değil, Büyük Ortadoğu projesi bütün Ortadoğu’daki ülkelerin sınırlarının değiştirilmesi, ekonomik imkanların küresel güçlere bağlanması demektir.
Cem Özer: Peki şöyle bir şey yapmıştır iktidar tamam bunlar bizim oyunumuza gelsin bunlar önümüzü açsınlar sonra biz bunları dediğini yapmayıveririz biter gider…
Abdurrahim Karslı: Belki öyle düşünmüş olabilirler. Ben ne düşündüklerini bilmiyorum ama şunu söyledi Abdurrahman Bey, dedi ki “Bu projeyi diğerleri kabul etmedi, biz ve bu projenin içinde ‘evet’ diyen Abdullah Bey’le Tayyip Bey ‘evet’ dedi. Bu bir projedir. Merkez Partinin başarı şansını şimdilik görmüyorum. Çünkü proje henüz tamamlanmadı” dedi.
İSRAİL’İN ÖNÜNDEKİ ENGELLERİ AKP KALDIRDI
Cem Özer: Peki bir şey söyleyeceğim. Ama şimdi İsrail’in güvenliğini önünü açmak diyorsunuz. İsrail’e en çok kafa tutan ekip. Takır takır kafa tutuyor.
Abdurrahim Karslı: Kafa tutuyor dediğiniz zahiren hal böyle. Ama Numan Kurtulmuş’un da anlattığı bir şey var. Bende hukukçuyum sizde hukukçusunuz. Biz İsrail’e kafa tuttuk. Ama bütün uluslararası kurum ve kuruluşlarda engelleri önlerinden kaldırdık. Bugün kaldırdık. Bir sürü kuruluşlarda mesela ortak olamayacağı birçok kuruluşlarda biz veto hakkımızı kullanmadık geldi ortak oldu. İsrail’deki yasak olan silahların üretimi var mıdır yok mudur filan diye biz tekini istemedik Türkiye olarak. Ondan da öte biz fiilen de İsrail önündeki engelleri kaldırdık.
AKP’NİN SAYESİNDE İSRAİL ELİNİ KOLUNU SALLAYARAK GEZİYOR
Cem Özer: Nasıl kaldırdık
Abdurrahim Karslı: Hamas en büyük engeldi biz tahrik ettik ettik İsrail Hamas’ı dümdüz etti.
Cem Özer: Yani Hamas şimdi…
Abdurrahim Karslı: Efendim akıllı insan ne düşünür. Şimdi İsrail’e karşı iki tane kuvvet var. 1. Filistin Kurtuluş Örgütü 2. Hamas.
Filistin Kurtuluş Örgütü uluslararası camiada meşru organ kabul ediliyor. Bir de Hamas var. Bütün uluslararası camia da şunu terör olarak kabul ediyor. Biz bunu tahrik etmek yerine madem bizim sözümüzü dinliyor bizde kuvvetliyiz ağabeyiz, ne der insan siyaseten, siz kendinizi fes edin nasıl olsa uluslararası illegal bir örgüt olarak kabul ediyorsunuz, şu Filistin Kurtuluş Örgütünü iştirak edin. Zaten emn sonunda birleştiler. Dolayısıyla buna kuvvet verip bununla iştirak etse biz meşru bir organı müdafaa edecektik. Biz öyle yapmadık. Verdik gazı Hamas’a Gazze’ye gidiyoruz diye, gidebildik mi? 3 kişi öldürdüler diye binlerce kişiyi İsrail’e öldürttük. Bunu beraber yaşadık. Yani ağaç meyvesini verdi diyorum. Biz gidecektik oraya ambargoyu kaldıracaktık, Mavi Marmara Gemisi’ni gönderdik insanlar öldü. Ne oldu? Sonuca bakmamız lazım. One Munite demekle bu işler hallolmuyor. Numan Kurtulmuş’un da ifadesiyle, hukuken önlerini açtık bütün kurum ve kuruluşlarda. Önlerindeki engelleri kaldırdık.
Hamas’ı mahvettik.
Mısır’ı darma duman ettik.
En çok kafa tutan Suriye’yi yerle yeksan ettik.
Bunu dışında da Ürdün Libya hepsi yok şu anda.
Yani İsrail artık elini kolunu sallayarak geziyor. Güvenliğini arttırdık. Lütfen Ak Parti’nin getirdiği neticeyi dinleyin. İçerde PKK’yı makbul ve mübarek yaptı. Dışarıda da İsrail’in önünü açtı. İslam adına da bir sürü terör örgütü icat etti.”
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Erdogan Can Turkey under Erdoğan any longer be deemed a reliable western ally?
Raids against opposition journalists, ex-police chiefs and investigators highlight how far president has distanced Turkey from west
In response to a critical statement from Brussels about Turkey’s joining the EU, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: ‘Please keep your wisdom to yourself.’ Photograph: Kayhan Ozer/AP
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s politics of paranoia has taken another ugly twist with the arrest of more than 30 opposition journalists, media workers, former police chiefs and investigators on palpably flimsy conspiracy charges. The Turkish president’s latest coup – nobody in Istanbul doubts he personally ordered the nationwide raids – highlights a bigger, awkward question for the EU and the US: can Turkey under Erdoğan any longer be deemed a reliable, democratic western ally?
The weekend raids targeted Zaman newspaper, whose editor-in-chief, Ekrem Dumanli, was among those detained, and other media outlets allegedly engaged in “forgery and slander”. Fierce condemnation quickly followed. Opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called them “a coup against democracy”. The US said judicial independence and due process were at risk. Erdoğan must take care “not [to] violate these core values and Turkey’s own democratic foundations,” it said.
A critical statement from Brussels underscored long-held concerns that Erdoğan and his neo-Islamist Justice and Development party (AKP) are no longer serious about joining the EU. “This operation goes against European values and standards Turkey aspires to be part of,” it said.
Erdoğan’s acerbic response on Monday suggested the EU’s concerns were justified. His enemies had launched “dirty operations” against him, so deserved what they got. “They cry press freedom, but (the raids) have nothing to do with it. We have no concern about what the EU might say, whether the EU accepts us as members or not, we have no such concern. Please keep your wisdom to yourself,” he said.
Crowds supporting the Zaman journalists held banners outside the newspaper’s offices saying “The free press cannot be silenced”. But that is not wholly true. Erdoğan, elected president this year after three consecutive terms as prime minister dating back to 2003, exercises de facto control over most of Turkey’s mainstream media, as well as parliament, the courts and the security services.
His intimidation and suppression of independent journalism, and his zero tolerance for criticism from whatever quarter, are notorious. During the Gezi street protests in 2013, which were brutally repressed, he railed against Twitter and other social media and briefly tried to ban them. Turkey’s human rights record, especially its unequal treatment of its Kurdish minority, is a stain on the country’s reputation, as a recent Human Rights Watch report made clear.
A focus of Erdoğan’s ire is corruption allegations that surfaced a year ago this month, implicating his associates, government ministers and their families. The president blamed a conspiracy allegedly masterminded by Fetullah Gülen, an influential former ally and fellow devotee of Islam now exiled in the US, and claimed he was the victim of a coup attempt. Corruption is a serious problem in Turkey, according to Transparency International. But last year’s investigation has now been dropped, its protagonists punished or sacked.
Erdoğan has levelled similar accusations in the past at the Turkish armed forces (which have a history of coup-making), and has mounted large-scale purges and mass trials. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Erdoğan’s prime minister, described the latest arrests as an “examination” of loyalty to the Turkish republic. “This is a day of tests. We are trying to protect democracy and everyone will get his share of the bill or reward due to their stances,” he said.
In truth, Erdoğan was imposing a test of loyalty to himself, critics replied. “What examination?” asked columnist Yusuf Kanli. “Those who align with ‘democracy’ or engage in an allegiance relationship with the government would be rewarded, while those who exercise the fundamental right to criticise, that is, oppose the government in any manner, would be severely punished. Can this mentality be reconciled with the notion of democracy?”
Erdoğan was ignoring the politically impartial, non-executive presidential role prescribed by the Turkish constitution and was instead accumulating ever greater powers – and nobody appeared able to stop him, said Hurriyet newspaper’s Nuray Mert. “The prime minister seems to be his assistant … [Erdoğan] behaves like a supreme leader.”
Comparisons between Erdoğan’s paranoid authoritarianism and Russia’s similarly insecure, home-grown autocrat, Vladimir Putin, are now commonplace. And they are matched by shifts in Turkey’s geopolitical orientation, symbolised by a new gas supply deal with Moscow coinciding with the cancellation of Russia’s South Stream gas project with the EU. At a recent summit Putin and Erdoğan pledged to treble bilateral trade by 2020.
At the same time, Erdoğan continues to indulge in fierce anti-western rhetoric, and to withhold full cooperation with the US and British air campaign against Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq and Syria – despite Turkey’s Nato treaty obligations. Turkey also refused to reinforce beleaguered Kurdish forces fighting Isis around Kobani.
Visiting Ankara last week, David Cameron asked for better cooperation in stopping foreign jihadis, including Britons, from travelling through Turkey to Syria. What Cameron got, in public at least, was a lecture from Davutoğlu on the west’s responsibilities. Nor did the British prime minister raise human rights or media freedom during talks with Erdoğan, according to those who travelled with him.
Cameron’s reluctance to confront his host, while shaming, was a good indication of his own priorities – and of how little leverage Britain (and the EU) has these days in Ankara. It showed how far the Erdoğan supremacy has distanced Turkey from the western democracies.