Certain decision taken by the ruling party of Turkey and the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not only received criticism from all around the world but also from its senior most party members.
According to media reports, Senior Turkish officials have criticized many decisions taken by the ruling AKP party as the differences
between the two breakaway parties grow. These parties, which hold the deciding
factor in the system, are DEVA and Future. Future party is one of the key
participants in the matter despite it being a new player in the game. The party
was formed in 2019 by former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
The cracks in the Turkish government are out in the open
as this week itself, the former deputy prime minister and Presidential High
Advisory Board member, Bulent Arinc resigned from the position due a dispute
with Erdogan.
Erdogan has been time and again blamed for his
authoritarian approach even within the senior officials which results in the
leaders souring their bonds, relations with the leader of the ruling party.
The resignation came after Erdogan was upset over the
remarks made by the advisory board member where he criticized the imprisonment
of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas and another prominent businessman and a civil
society figure Osman Kavala.
“Turkey’s
judiciary, economy and other areas evidently need reforms. There is a need for
our country to relax and to find a solution to our nation’s troubles. I decided
that it would be more appropriate for me to leave my position as a member of
the High Advisory Board,” he said on Twitter.
Apart from his
political relationships, Erdogan’s family relationships are not doing any good
as well. A few weeks earlier, Turkish President’s son-in-law Berat Albayrak
also resigned from his position of finance minister and also made it noticeable
through his social media handle, which made it clear that the relations are
deteriorating.
As for Arinc, he
spoke about the decision to defend the release of the two social figures on
television. This was harshly criticized by Erdogan later on.
Demirtas has been
put behind the bars on allegations of supporting terrorism, He was jailed in
November 2016 and the charges on him are of 142 years of imprisonment. The
decision was reportedly influenced by Erdogan.
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