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- PM Davutoglu implies three opposition parties are ‘illegal’
- Renault might rethink Turkish plans if labour unrest deepens-executive
- Turkey, US to provide air protection for moderate Syrian opposition forces
PM Davutoglu implies three opposition parties are ‘illegal’
While criticizing three opposition parties on Sunday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu implied that the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) are all illegal political parties disguised as “legal.”
Speaking during a rally in the western province of Manisa on Sunday, Davutoglu claimed that the opposition had joined forces and formed a “coalition” against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). Commenting on recent attacks on HDP offices in Adana and Mersin, Davutoglu claimed that the nationalist MHP and the pro-Kurdish are working together in a coalition.
The term “parallel structure” is generally used by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his associates to refer to the Gulen movement, also known as the Hizmet movement, which is inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen. Erdogan began using the phrase after declaring the group a “treasonous enemy” after a corruption scandal involving his family members and members of his inner circle. The scandal surfaced after graft investigations went public on Dec. 17 and 25, 2013. Erdogan openly declared last year that he would do whatever it takes to eliminate the “parallel structure,” even if this requires a “witch hunt.” [Source: Todayszaman]
While election date approaches, the game gets dirtier. In the Islamic Khilafah, there is no opposition but there is accounting, which is not for meaningless critique but it is for bringing Islamic rules to life.
Renault might rethink Turkish plans if labour unrest deepens-executive
Renault might reconsider investment in Turkey if a labour dispute, which has stopped production at its joint venture Oyak Renault, brings instability, the French carmaker’s head of Eurasia said on Thursday.
Tofas and Ford unit Ford Otosan as well as Oyak Renault have all halted production because of the widening dispute which has hit suppliers.
A Ford Otosan official told Reuters the company was restarting production at 13:00 GMT, a day after halting output at two of its plants in northwestern Turkey.
Renault’s Jean Christophe Kugler said Turkey was a high-potential market which Renault had bet on for the long term. He said the dispute was a threat not only to Turkey, a major automotive parts producer, but also to the global industry.
“If we see instability coming we will reconsider our investment,” he told reporters at the Istanbul Autoshow.
The action has spread to a number of parts suppliers clustered around the northwestern city of Bursa, the Turkish auto industry hub, and comes just weeks ahead of a June 7 parliamentary election.
Production at Tofas and Oyak Renault, which account for more than 40 percent of Turkey’s annual vehicle production, was halted after the protest action began at the end of last week. [Source: Reuters]
In Capitalist system, capital owners always seek situations that best suits their self-interests disregarding the other parties involved and to ensure this “win-win” politicians are always kept on their right side.
Turkey, US to provide air protection for moderate Syrian opposition forces
As Turkey and the U.S. have begun training and equipping moderate Syrian opposition groups, Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said the program would not be useful without air support. He also underscored that there is a principle agreement between the two countries to protect opposition groups facing threats from both the regime and ISIS
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, speaking to Daily Sabah in an exclusive interview while attending the fifth MIKTA Foreign Ministers Meeting in Seoul, said the moderate Syrian opposition forces that will be part of the train and equip program in Kirsehir won’t be abandoned once they are back in Syria. He said ignoring their plight once in Syria was against what the program wanted to achieve, adding that the U.S. and Turkey had agreed in principle to provide the trained and equipped moderate forces with air protection in Syria. He said that the air cover for trained Syrian forces was not part of the comprehensive plan put forward by Turkey that included setting up no-fly zones and safe zones in Syria. On the issue of Rohingya refugees, he said Turkey was in close contact with Indonesia and Malaysia, which are also MIKTA members, adding that the government had donated $1 million to help the refugees. The foreign minister also remarked on the start of the latest round of Cyprus unification talks, noting that Turkey was more determined than ever to resolve the issue. The current positive climate created by the resumption of talks needed to last, he said. [Source: dailysabah]
Treaty articles of betrayal emerges with time one by one. The so called Moderate opposition is not fighting for affairs of Muslims but for interests of the US. And unfortunately Turkish government is being used for this purpose.