Sabri Tekir, Deputy Chairman of the Felicity (Saadet) Party, evaluated the agenda at the weekly press conference:
Evaluating the agenda at the weekly press conference, Saadet Party Deputy Chairman Sabri Tekir gave information about the latest situation of Saadet Party Chairman Temel Karamollaoğlu, who had a positive Covid-19 test. Tekir said, "Our Chairman, who prefers to rest at home until Sunday, went to Ankara City Hospital for control purposes on Sunday, and has been resting in the service section of the hospital for four days, again for precautionary and treatment purposes, upon the advice of his doctors."
"KARAMOLLAOĞLU'S HEALTH STATUS IS GOOD"
Noting that Karamollaoğlu is in good health, "Praise be to you; In general, the state of health is good. Our President, after staying in the hospital for a few more days, will be discharged and will continue his rest at home for a while. Our Honorable President, I hope, he will complete the rest period in a short time, will continue to work from where it left off.
In this process, on behalf of our President and our Saadet Party, I would like to thank our party and non-party citizens and volunteers, who shared their wishes and prayers from all segments of the society,” Tekir added.
“IMPERIALIST GAMES ARE NOW PLAYED IN KAZAKHSTAN”
Evaluating the uprising in Kazakhstan, Tekir stated that Kazakhstan has become the target of imperial powers and noted that the games played in the past are now played in Kazakhstan. Tekir said, “Kazakhstan is the star country of Central Asia with its underground and aboveground riches and huge size. This country is desired to be transformed into a new political game and conflict area of global power struggles. Friendly and brotherly country Kazakhstan is a country with which we have historical ties from past to present. It is also extremely important in terms of the potentials it has. It is one of the most important oil producing countries in the world.”
“THE POWER, IS TRYING TO PUT ONGOING ECONOMIC CRISIS TO THE 2001 CRISIS”
Noting that the government is trying to throw what happened to the governments in the past, Tekir emphasized that the main problem is the inefficient policies of the government, "We see that a government that has been in power for 20 years is trying to present the economic depression caused by its own inaccurate and inefficient policies as the bill of a crisis 20 years ago. This is extremely funny. Moreover, it is a true confession and acknowledgement of political weakness. So, this is a first-hand confession of their own failures, incompetence. Then, what did the Justice and Development Party (AKP) do during its 20 years in power, what did it deal with? What is it dealing with now?” he added.
“OUR QUALIFIED HUMAN POWER WE EDUCATED, IS WASTING”
Reminding that millions of people are unemployed, Tekir emphasized that youth unemployment rates increase every year and said, “Beside our millions of employees who sweat from morning to night but cannot get paid for their efforts; and millions of unemployed people we have. Thousands of young people are added to the "caravan of the unemployed with a diploma" every year, and the number of these millions is increasing every year. In addition, a new social class is emerging in our country, which is not even included in the statistics, "our youth at home." Young people who are neither in education nor in employment. Thus, our manpower, which our nation has raised at billions of costs, is wasted.”
“SAADET PARTY ASPIRES TO CORRECT THE BAD COURSE OF EVENTS”
Criticizing Turkey's regression to 22nd place in the world poverty ranking, Tekir stated that the Saadet Party aspires to correct the current bad course, "Some people count our country together with African countries such as Angola, Madagascar, Sudan, Namibia and Gabon in the world poverty rankings, If it places it in the 22nd place, it is a political economy eddy. It is not possible to compare it to Turkey. We can bring our country, one of the 20 most developed economies of the world, out of the political economy and congestion it is in, in a short time, and give our people a sigh of relief. It's easy to whirlpool, but hard to get out of whirlpool, but never impossible. Saadet Party aspires to this post. It is ready to fulfill this duty with a sense of responsibility and to solve the problems we are struggling with,” he said.
"ISLAMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION MUST ACT"
Stating that Kazakhstan has faced very important events in its 30th year of independence, Tekir called for a solution to the events before they turn into a crisis.
“Organizations such as the Organization of Turkic States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation should take action and Kazakhstan should be stabilized. This process should be managed correctly with rapid diplomacy, common sense and consultation; Developments that will harm the unity, solidarity and independence of Kazakhstan should be prevented. With its democracy, economy and healthy administration, Turkey could have been a pioneer and an example to the Islamic world and the Central Asian Turkic Republics. However, regrettably, let's say that it is not possible to say that the government is able to fulfill this mission adequately,” Tekir added.
“CITIZEN'S MAIN AGENDA ECONOMY”
Reminding that the main agenda of the citizens is the economy, Tekir reminded that people only talk about the economy and said, "Has Turkey ever experienced a period when the Central Bank's interest rate decisions, even the Federal Reserve Banks’ (FED) statements, and the data of Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) were followed so closely? Some of our friends in power insistently claim that they are economists, and they repeat this over and over. We do not know whether they are economists themselves. But at this rate, it is certain that they will make everyone from 7 to 77 economists."