Announcing CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as the joint presidential candidate, Saadet leader Temel Karamollaoğlu has become the center of politics with his party in recent years.
While the parties of Milli Görüş Movement played an important role in the establishment of many coalitions in our recent political history, Karamollaoğlu and his party, who also acted as a mediator in the last crisis of the Nation Alliance, also contributed significantly to the normalization of the process.
The understanding revealed by the constructive and unifying language of Saadet Party Chairman Temel Karamollaoğlu made the party the center of politics. For the last week, all of Turkey has been locked in Saadet Party Headquarters.
The Nation Alliance, consisting of the Felicity (Saadet) Party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), the Good (iyi) Party, the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), the Future (Gelecek) Party and the Democrat Party, which has been coming together for more than a year, announced their joint presidential candidate after long consultations.
Karamollaoğlu and his party, who played a mediating role in the coming together of the Nation Alliance and in the resolution of many crises that were reflected to the public in the process, hosted the last 5 meetings of the Nation Alliance, which came together 13 times.
In the last 3 meetings hosted by Karamollaoğlu, all eyes were on the party headquarters in İskitler.
Karamollaoğlu, who is described as the "Wise President" by the party members, is described as the "Wise Man" by the other actors of the table.
In the political process that started after the meeting of the Nation Alliance on Thursday, which caused a great crisis, Karamollaoğlu undertook a great task in bringing the İyi Party back to the table.
Saadet leader, who made many calls with the phone traffic that started, thus paved the way for the Nation Alliance to go to the polls without disintegrating while the elections were a short time away.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN PRESS FOLLOWED THE SAADET PARTY HEADQUARTERS
Many journalists from the local and foreign press tried to convey the hot developments in front of Saadet Party Headquarters during the hours when the political knots were unraveled by telephone diplomacy.
As the hours progressed, many citizens gathered in front of the party headquarters.
The meeting, which was supposed to start at 14.00, was postponed in anticipation of the participation of İyi Party leader Meral Akşener.
Saadet leader, who carried out intense telephone diplomacy during this process, took a big step in overcoming the crisis together with the other members of the table.
Karamollaoğlu, who also met with the mayors of Ankara and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality during this process, once again showed his unifying side.
The meeting, which started with the arrival of İyi Party leader Meral Akşener, was followed with interest by the local and international press, including the mainstream media.
While journalists shared hundreds of last-minute developments with the announcement of the joint presidential candidate, televisions broadcast in front of the party headquarters throughout the entire process.
MİLLİ GÖRÜŞ PARTIES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN UNITING
In 1974, different segments of the society came together with the coalition between the MSP-CHP, which was stated to be on the fringes of that period and was not expected to come together.
In the execution of the process, the late Erbakan, the leader of Milli Görüş Movement, had made the coalition despite all the risks.
Erbakan, who also took an active role in the establishment of MC governments, tried to bring together all opposition groups against ANAP.
Erbakan, who established the Refah-Yol government in 1996, thus created a movement that has made alliances throughout the history of Milli Görüş Movement and brought together different segments of society.
Temel Karamollaoğlu, who has drawn attention with the language and style he has used since the day he was elected as the chairman of Saadet Party, announced that they would vote against the referendum held in 2017, and was described as a key party in that process.
Carrying his key role in the 2018 elections, Karamollaoğlu also exerted great effort on the joint presidential candidate.
Karamollaoğlu, who has become a name that is sympathized by different segments of the society, made great efforts to appoint a joint presidential candidate in the 2018 elections.