“It has to be an overall and comprehensive approach by the incoming government in a way that will address all these challenges at the same time”, he added.
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The move was unprecedented, and it was anyone’s guess what would happen next: Could rival factions siphon even more seats from the AKP?
Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan stated that “press morality goes hand-in-hand with the press freedom”, when asked about the arrests in an interview with the local NTV television.
“We saw it today that it (battling with terror) has nothing to do with election”, he noted.
Kurdish militants scrapped a month-old ceasefire in Turkey on Thursday, a day after President Tayyip Erdogan vowed to “liquidate” them, dashing hopes of any let-up in violence in the wake of a national election.
“Daesh threatens our way of life and security”.
Akdogan underlined that the elements that had poisoned the process before must be taken out before the settlement talks put back on its tracks.
Sinirlioglu also commented on what is commonly known as the solution process, which was officially initiated in early 2013 and was aimed at ending the 30-year conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK.
After the PKK killed two Turkish police officers in the city of Urfa, Turkish warplanes bombed PKK positions in southeastern Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan, and sent troops into a few Kurdish dominated cities. Instead the actions of this government is, in essence, pouring petrol on a fire that could well have, with cooperation and concordance between Turks and Kurds, been thoroughly extinguished mere months ago.
With deep pride, I will explain to my new political brothers how pseudo democracy works, there’s a lot of bribing involved but corruption will be regulated because only pro AKP people will be allowed to give and accept bribes while everyone else risks jail.
Instead, the president and the government should focus on the causes of renewed violence in Turkey.
The strongman of Turkish politics for more than a decade, Erdogan has always been pushing for a new constitution to transform his post into a powerful US-style executive presidency. Larry is our main news editor.
In the meantime, the Turkish lira has lost nearly one-third of its value compared to the US dollar this year alone. Turnout was a convincing 87 percent among the 54 million people eligible to vote.
The AKP’s surprise victory secured a ruling majority for Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Mr. Erdogan’s handpicked successor since his election to the nonpartisan presidency in August 2014.
“The lesson of the two elections is clear: Turkey’s voters want a strong, stable government, but not one that runs roughshod over its opponents”, he said. Every poll in Turkey from June through October showed the AKP in steady decline losing between 8 and 9 points just before the election with all other parties gaining a couple of points. The Turkish economy needs attention – over the last five years, the rate of annual growth has plunged from 10% to 3%, one of the reasons the AKP did badly in June. “It is still valid today”, he said.
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Despite its stunning victory on Sunday, however, the AKP is still 13 seats short of the 330 required to call a referendum on any constitutional change. Worse, the religious-nationalist party’s campaign strategy involved cracking down on independent media and waging war on Kurdish militants, all in order to inflame Turkish chauvinism.
