Demirtaþ: MIT crisis reveals division within the AKP
Demirtaþ: MIT crisis reveals division within the AKP
Evaluating the prosecutor request to hear testimonies by MIT (National Intelligence Organization) officials, BDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaþ said that this latest event reveals a conflict within the AKP, not the state.
Demirtaþ remarked that the AKP had recently taken control of all state institutions by means of appointments and regulations.
“The current conflict - the BDP co-chair said - is the reflection of a power struggle within the AKP itself. The conclusion we should draw from this conflict is the fact that the AKP, which started out by claiming that it would abolish the system built on privileges which ruled Turkey, has applied this system to itself. It is not possible to have any democratic process or democratic method as long as this system remains the same.”
Demirtaþ underlined that all legal proceedings and endless investigations special authorized prosecutors are carrying out against BDP members were considered legal and normal. “These prosecutors - he said - send thousands of people to prison, they call deputies under compulsion to testify and all this is taken as normal. However, what is all this big fuss about when MIT officials are called to testify? This prosecutor request should also be taken as normal. The real great fuss should be about the system of justice and legal order in Turkey because the problem needs to be solved at its root. Judicial crisis will not be solved as the problem about MIT undersecretary is solved. There exists a regime built on privileges in Turkey and the control of this regime has been taken by the AKP.”
Commenting the most recent development as a step taken against dialogue oriented solution seeking for the Kurdish problem, Demirtaþ said that “The acts by the prosecutor has given prime minister a chance to practice an elimination within the police department, MIT and even the judiciary. The prime minister is going to be stronger at the end of this process. PM Erdoðan doesn’t follow or support dialogue to solve the Kurdish issue. Those who support war will ultimately be stronger at the end of this controversy. I believe conflict will be of no use and I really don’t expect a domination of a real rationalist and reasonable way in respect to the Kurdish problem.”
Demirtaþ underlined that MIT undersecretary and even the Prime Minister could be involved in KCK investigation considering that important figures such as Büþra Ersanlý, Fýrat Anlý, Hatip Dicle and Ragýp Zarakolu are already standing trial.
Demirtaþ added that the prime minister does not support "dialogue and indeed makes misdirecting statements which say that negotiations in Oslo and Imralý were conducted by the state, not by the government. Things wouldn’t have reached this point if he had clearly said that ‘negotiation is a state policy as well as a political will and choice’.
BDP Co-chair ended his statement by saying that “In my opinion, the abolishment of special authorized courts will be a step for the collapse of this privilege-built system”.
Demirtaþ remarked that the AKP had recently taken control of all state institutions by means of appointments and regulations.
“The current conflict - the BDP co-chair said - is the reflection of a power struggle within the AKP itself. The conclusion we should draw from this conflict is the fact that the AKP, which started out by claiming that it would abolish the system built on privileges which ruled Turkey, has applied this system to itself. It is not possible to have any democratic process or democratic method as long as this system remains the same.”
Demirtaþ underlined that all legal proceedings and endless investigations special authorized prosecutors are carrying out against BDP members were considered legal and normal. “These prosecutors - he said - send thousands of people to prison, they call deputies under compulsion to testify and all this is taken as normal. However, what is all this big fuss about when MIT officials are called to testify? This prosecutor request should also be taken as normal. The real great fuss should be about the system of justice and legal order in Turkey because the problem needs to be solved at its root. Judicial crisis will not be solved as the problem about MIT undersecretary is solved. There exists a regime built on privileges in Turkey and the control of this regime has been taken by the AKP.”
Commenting the most recent development as a step taken against dialogue oriented solution seeking for the Kurdish problem, Demirtaþ said that “The acts by the prosecutor has given prime minister a chance to practice an elimination within the police department, MIT and even the judiciary. The prime minister is going to be stronger at the end of this process. PM Erdoðan doesn’t follow or support dialogue to solve the Kurdish issue. Those who support war will ultimately be stronger at the end of this controversy. I believe conflict will be of no use and I really don’t expect a domination of a real rationalist and reasonable way in respect to the Kurdish problem.”
Demirtaþ underlined that MIT undersecretary and even the Prime Minister could be involved in KCK investigation considering that important figures such as Büþra Ersanlý, Fýrat Anlý, Hatip Dicle and Ragýp Zarakolu are already standing trial.
Demirtaþ added that the prime minister does not support "dialogue and indeed makes misdirecting statements which say that negotiations in Oslo and Imralý were conducted by the state, not by the government. Things wouldn’t have reached this point if he had clearly said that ‘negotiation is a state policy as well as a political will and choice’.
BDP Co-chair ended his statement by saying that “In my opinion, the abolishment of special authorized courts will be a step for the collapse of this privilege-built system”.
