Is the target to prevent the presidential system?

Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş's statements on the capital punishment, referendum and the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli caused a minor tremor in politics. 

The day the interview with Türkeş was published at the beginning of the week, there was a cabinet meeting. In this meeting, it was not Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım who referred to the topic, but certain cabinet ministers sniped at Tuğrul Türkeş asking, "What is happening to Deputy PMs?" Türkeş answered them, according to reports, saying, "My duty is to be an insurance; I thus am the insurance." The other deputy PM the cabinet ministers referred to was Mehmet Şimşek. 

Apparently, it was not only the social media that Mehmet Şimşek's tweet has shaken, the one that went, "The EU economy is not collapsing; on the contrary, it is a success story." 

I spoke to Tuğrul Türkeş and he said, "I have fulfilled my warning duty. As a person knowing the MHP and Mr. Bahçeli, if I hadn't made the warning then it would have been my mistake." 

His statements though have caused huge annoyance at the MHP front. This frustration of the MHP has also been conveyed to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). For this reason, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, in his weekly parliamentary group speech, said, "I thank Mr. Bahçeli for his positive and constructive stance for the future of the country and the interests of the country."  

In the group parliamentary group meeting, deputies were interested in Türkeş's statements. They pointed out at the need for consultations on key issues. Those in the government and in the party administration reacted against Türkeş. There were frowns with assessments such as "Because he came from MHP, he is disturbed...

Continue reading on: