Felicity (Saadet) Party Chairman Temel Karamollaoğlu made evaluations about the prominent topics of the agenda at the weekly regular press conference.
Karamollaoğlu reacted to the Israeli President Herzog's visit to Turkey and meeting with President Erdoğan.
Expressing that such a visit is unacceptable, Karamollaoğlu said, "If relations with Israel are normalizing, it means that there is a distance between our relations with Palestine. It means that we are getting abnormal with the Muslims whose heads a phosphorus bomb was thrown in Gaza. Normalization cannot be made with Israel until an independent Palestinian state is established without Israel being held accountable for its actions. Let the government talk as much as it wants, we are against such a situation."
“NOT EFFORT SHOWN FOR MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES”
Karamollaoğlu stated that the government did not show half of its efforts for normalization with Israel to act together with Islamic countries.
"If only you had put some of the effort made to meet with Herzog and Biden to meet with Putin to meet with Muslim leaders. If you had taken one of the steps you took to end the war in Ukraine for Syria and Palestine, we would be talking about very different issues right now," Karamollaoglu added.
“EASY TO BLAMING THE OPPOSITION”
Karamollaoğlu, who also made evaluations about the negative picture in the economy, stated that the economic indicators hurt the citizens.
"All economic indicators and figures reveal the negative course of the economy. Turkey is playing the peaks in food inflation. Along with Lebanon, Venezuela and Suriname, Turkey has become the country with the highest food inflation. 37.3 percent of the citizens cannot reach a healthy and balanced diet. The government blames the opposition for what happened. This is not understandable. A party that has been in power for 19 years stands up and blames the opposition for the problems. Nowhere else in the world will you find such a power, such an understanding," Karamollaoglu said.
“AK PARTY IS FACING THE PERIODS IT CRITIZED”
Karamollaoğlu stated that whatever the AK Party criticizes before it came to power, it is experienced with more than just today, and said, "Those who talked about gas tails in the past condemned the nation to oil tails. Those who talk about the period of bread with the report card condemned the nation to a queue for cheap bread. Those who talked about the hospital queues have now caused long queues in hospitals. Critics of one-party mentality condemned a country of 85 million to one-man rule. Now they think that they can solve the problems by changing the ministers and the heads of the institutions. What situation have we fallen into? This country has witnessed events that cannot be seen easily thanks to the current government. During this government, there were ministers of agriculture who received a medal of outstanding service from France. There were ministers selling disinfectants to their own ministry. But it can't go like this. A mentality change is needed in the country."
“THE FAMILY SHOULD NOT BE DESTROYED WHILE THE WOMEN ARE PROTECTED”
Karamollaoğlu, who also made evaluations about the 8 March International Working Women's Day, ended the press conference with the following statements:
"In our understanding, woman is the main individual of society. Because the foundation of the society is the family, and the middle pillar of the family is the woman. A society where women's rights are violated and exposed to violence and abuse cannot develop healthily. Therefore, violence against women must be prevented. However, while protecting women, they should also abandon the understandings that neglect the family."