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Dervişoğlu attacks the process: “There is no good script for a process conducted under this cursed organisation’s guidance”

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • İYİ Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu criticized the “Turkey Without Terror” process, calling it provocative and saying it lacked a sound plan.
  • He accused the government of using investigations involving Ahmet Davutoğlu and Melih Gökçek to present itself as impartial and influence voters.
  • Dervişoğlu said he did not know the full scope of the investigation into Davutoğlu.

Müsavat Dervişoğlu says the “Turkey Without Terror” process has turned into a provocative undertaking with no credible script. Speaking live on KOZA TV, the İYİ Party leader argued that the process was being conducted under the guidance of what he called “this cursed organisation.”

Dervişoğlu said some people were describing the Republic as “a 100-year-old system of oppression” and demanding federal or confederal arrangements through local autonomy. He also referred to talk of a four-part Kurdistan. “There is no good script for a process conducted under this cursed organisation’s guidance,” he said.

There is no good script for a process conducted under this cursed organisation’s guidance.

· Müsavat DervişoğluHe criticized the “Turkey Without Terror” process during a live television interview.

He also addressed the investigation opened against former Future Party leader Ahmet Davutoğlu over alleged insults against the president. Dervişoğlu called such developments regrettable and said politicians should consider how their words might later be used as part of political strategies. He accused the ruling AK Party of trying to shape citizens’ political choices by portraying others as at least as corrupt as itself.

A 100-year-old system of oppression

· Müsavat DervişoğluHe referred to how some groups were describing the Republic.

On an investigation involving former Ankara mayor Melih Gökçek, Dervişoğlu warned the opposition against embracing the case without examining its strategy. The allegations concern Gökçek’s daughter-in-law and son, including property acquired in Germany, he said. “To create the impression among the opposition that ‘look, we even prosecuted him,’” he argued, Gökçek had been placed at the center of a case that did not address other files allegedly prepared against him.

Dervişoğlu said he did not know whether the Davutoğlu investigation covered only the alleged insult case or might include other files. He said the actions of those governing Turkey were the more important issue.

To create the impression among the opposition that ‘look, we even prosecuted him’

· Müsavat DervişoğluHe described what he said was the strategic purpose of the investigation involving Melih Gökçek.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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