EMRE USLU
By EMRE USLU,
Coalition is the main discussion in Ankara now. Politicians talk about coalition options among political parties; but in fact, there are not many choices. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) must be a part of the coalition options.
As I noted before the elections, the AKP has to stay in power. Most recently, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arınç noted this. The AKP has to remain in power because otherwise, they will be prosecuted over their corruption and illegal acts. The AKP will lose by 10 percent in the next elections if one corruption file — that does not have to the Dec. 17 file, even the file on the expenses of the Ak Saray would be sufficient — is reopened. Once this is done, there will be no trace of this party. Many deputies will resign because serving in such a corrupt party would mean the end of a political career. Thus, the AKP has to remain in power. So this means that the AKP will not allow others to form a coalition government which does not include the AKP. They will try hard to be part of a government. Therefore, I think that all coalition options which do not include the AKP are not realistic.
When it comes to a coalition with the AKP:
The AKP will use the coalition partner as a shield to cover up all its corruption and illegal actions over the last 13 years. For this reason, forming a coalition government with the AKP is a gravely flawed decision.
A party which will make a coalition with the AKP actually endorses the following:
1- It means that it endorses the bribe money Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab gave the ministers
2- It endorses the money stashed in shoe boxes, steel safes and others
3- It endorses the TL 700,000 watch of former Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan
4- It endorses former Interior Minister Efkan Ala, who violated the Constitution to arrest journalists
5- It endorses former EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış, who mocked verses of Quran
6- It endorses the luxury car of the president of the religious affairs directorate
7- It endorses the violation of the Constitution by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who did not act impartially during the election campaign
8- It endorses all the waste and unnecessary expenses at the AK Saray, the TL 1,000 glasses, marble imported from Italy, trees from Germany and private stud farm
9- It endorses the ultra lux apartments in Şehrizar Condominiums
10- The money whose source cannot be identified
11- Illegal villas in Urla
12- Pressure upon journalists
13- Arrest and intimidation of journalists
14- Blackmailing businessmen
15- Money in a pool used for pro-government media outlets
16- It endorses the legality of the vessels of Bilal and Burak Erdoğan
17- It endorses the fleets of ships of former minister Binali Yıldırım’s sons as legitimate
18- It accepts that the railway tender bids are transparent and there was no corruption in that process
19- It endorses the insults published in the pro-government media outlets
20- The illegal order in pro-government media
21- The nepotism in the AKP
22- The money transferred to the Foundation of Youth and Education in Turkey (TÜRGEV), the buildings and funds illegally transferred to this foundation
23- Erdoğan’s illegal acts gain attractive lands
24- It endorses the destruction of all values and the skyline of İstanbul
25- Cursing and humiliating the nation
26- Kicking the miners in Soma
27- Killing Berkin Elvan and then booing his mother
28- Police violence in Gezi
29- TOMA and its tenders
30- The arrest of the police officers who went after corruption
31- The arrest of judges for their decisions
32- Trucks transporting weapons to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
33- Weapons transported to ISIL and al-Qaeda
34- Prosecution of the prosecutors who stopped ISIL trucks
35- Oslo talks
A party which forms a coalition with the AKP will endorse these and many other illegalities that cannot be mentioned here due to space constraints. If a party takes such a huge risk, it should at least ask for critical ministries in the government. If this is done, then it will be able to tell its supporters that it will be able to become very influential in the government. It should prosecute at least some of the items I cited above. Otherwise, that party will lose serious support in the next election because the AKP support base already endorses these illegalities and they vote for this party despite them.