The AK Party and Dec 17
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.
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The December 17th axis
The biggest similarity between Feb. 7 and Dec. 17 is the method employed by the police-judiciary. Both operations had similar aims and utilized similar methods.
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It is the requirement of rational politics for Turkey to have economic and political cooperation with all countries, notably with her neighbors.
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.
All of the Western media, having received their information from the same 20-30 top individuals, all of whom share the same point of view, paint a particular picture of Turkey.
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.
What Is It That Al-Qaeda Covers Up?
The slanderous claim of Erdoğan-al Qaeda link has been systematically voiced by the Gulen Group in Turkey. It is impossible to distinguish the mentality behind this slander from the Baath mentality in Syria or the US mentality in Afghanistan.
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The Changing Perception of the Gulen Movement
The biggest trouble a social movement may have is the impression that it contains militia or cooperates with a secret organization.
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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.
The Gulen movement will be isolated from other Islamic groups as long as it breaks the Sunni codes. The accusations against it of acting against Turkeys national interests and joining an international alliance will also continue.
As Turkey has become the scene of a corruption case on December 17, 2013, no one anticipated what the relevant investigation may lead to.
Almost no one, other than those who initiated the December 17th corruption investigation and those who do their bidding in the media, perceive these events as simply an investigation into corruption.
Unless this structure is exposed and fenced off, the democratic politics will not be secured.
If the Gulen movement wants to serve society, they should restrict themselves to nongovernmental activities rather than using their bureaucratic influence to engage in politics.
The Gülen Movement was known for the cool-headed decisions it took at the risk of severe criticism during Turkeys most difficult times. Today, it would be expected that the same movement will display a similar rationality in a changing Turkey.
Foreign policy activities of Turkey continue in distant and different lands of the world, and Somalia is the best example of this.
Frankly, the question is this: When is an attempt of seeking regulations on tutoring centers considered not as a coup?
