Turkish opposition attacks FM Davutoğlu for ‘destructive regional policy’

FM Ahmet Davutoğlu has been criticized for Turkey’s regional policy.

Both the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have increased their condemnation of Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu over to his approach toward the Islamic State (IS).

“Davutoğlu’s sectarian politics have brought destruction to our region. Yazidis, Armenians, Turkmens and Christians who are fundamental elements of our region are being agonized in the hands of fundamentalist organizations. Davutoğlu, about whom five censure motions have been filed, should urgently resign from office. Davutoğlu, who accuses people who criticize him of treason, should know solely being unable to fulfil the requirement of being a successful minister should resign.” CHP Deputy Chair Faruk Loğoğlu said in a written statement released on Aug. 8.

Loğoğlu’s statement was an apparent response to Davutoğlu’s remarks in a recent interview. The minister suggested the opposition parties who are accusing the government of cooperating with the IS, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), were committing “treason.”

Loğoğlu, a veteran retired diplomat who also served as the undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry in the early 2000s, recalled how Sunni fighters from the IS, an al-Qaeda offshoot bent on establishing a caliphate and eradicating unbelievers, have been sweeping through northern Iraq and parts of Syria since June. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Christians and other minorities have fled from IS fighters, who have beheaded and crucified some of their captives and broadcast the killings on the Internet.

Loğoğlu argued that “While these are happening in our neighboring country Iraq, the government...

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