Admit Defeat!'
In the aftermath of the local elections, the conflict with the parallel structure needs to be addressed in a setting where democratic freedom is not restricted. This is also a requirement of the AK Party's own contributions to the consolidation of Turkish democracy.
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Elections and the Rise of Religious Discourse
What is more important is that if the struggling actors switch to embracing and democratic statements, it is possible they will have already lost credibility in the eyes of the public.
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The upcoming election is a crucial moment for the AK Party, needed to highlight the support of the people in the party's mission to promote political stability while fighting this new tutelage
We must question how a list that lumped together these individuals - who, even if they committed crimes, would never join forces or commit the same crimes - came into being.
On Dec. 17, 2013, an operation in which a group of irrelevant files of investigations and names were merged was carried out with the joint efforts of prosecutors and the police.
Turkey is facing a new experience. It is in the process of neutralizing the threat to its judiciary system posed by an organization that infiltrated the government, despite the fact its command post is beyond borders.
Turkey's Corruption Crisis: a Political Probe
Corruption cases have a devastating impact on political parties. Turkey was recently hit by a corruption probe that shook the country's government. On December 17, 2013, Turkish police detained over 50 people as part of an investigation into alleged corruption.
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The Gulen Movement's Normalization Crisis
The February 7, 2013 and the December 17, 2013 plots (against the government) have shown to the politics and the society the possible cost to be incurred if the Gulen Movement maintain today the strategy they have adopted under the conditions of the Old Turkey.
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The biggest trouble a social movement may have is the impression that it contains militia or cooperates with a secret organization.
Since the operational political engineering that the Gulen Movement has launched by leveraging its power within the bureaucracy corresponds to a developing new form of tutelary, it threatens democracy in Turkey.
The December 17, 2013 process must succeed to transform the structure of the Gulen Movement into a civilian-religious movement for the sake of the religion, the movement and the country.
Democracy cannot flourish in Turkey if Gulen Movement's parallel structure is not dismantled.
There had also been numerous corruption investigations into municipalities governed both by the AK Party and other political parties. Why didnt those investigations attract as much attention as the Dec. 17 investigation?
The biggest struggle of Turkish politics today takes place between those who have lived the 1990s and those who have gone through the 2010s. Not only are their visions of the future but also their perceptions of power are in conflict.
As Turkey has become the scene of a corruption case on December 17, 2013, no one anticipated what the relevant investigation may lead to.
The strongest insurance for the Gülen Movement is not being organized in the Police Department and the Judiciary, but relying on the society by being getting free from (such) bureaucratic establishments and and the place its endearing services occupy in peoples hearts.
