The mafia has created a crisis in power

As all objective political commentators have noted, for the first time in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the head of an organized criminal organization not only insulted but also threatened the leader of a political party so openly.

In October 1998, the government of Mesut Yilmaz resigned as a result of the disclosure of telephone conversations between the mafia leader, who tried to create the impression that he was running the state by sending threatening salvo to the leaders of the government in the 1990s, and a minister.

Despite being wanted by Interpol, the mafia leader, who did not hide his close cooperation with intelligence, had Turkish diplomatic passports in his pocket when he was arrested first in France and then in Austria.

How bizarre, he, who was last arrested and brought to Turkey in 2004, who was convicted of various criminal offenses, who wrote insulting letters to the then prime minister and the current president in prison, who has repeatedly insulted the leader of the nationalist party to which he belongs due to his political view, was released under an amnesty in April this year by the pressure from that leader of the nationalist party, who unconditionally supported the government.

Yes, the leader of the nationalist party called him a "friend of struggle and faith", and when the main opposition leader was threatened by words from the mafia jargon, the leader of the nationalist party, who unconditionally supported the government, did not allow anybody to speak ill of his words, calling him a "friend of faith".

What is happening?: Or is Turkey going back to the 1990s? Was a mafia leader, who spent nearly 25 years of his life in prison by court rulings, released under an amnesty 5-6 months ago as a result of several years of insistence and pressure from the party leader, who unconditionally supports the government, to threaten the opposition with slang even beyond the mafia wording?

The support of former MP, one of the government's staunchest supporters, for the mafia leader was very similar to Fazail Aghamali’s support given to ombudsman, who was accused of dancing at Ramiz Mehdiyev's grandson's wedding: and after Aghamali, Mehmet Metiner's statement made our eyes water with its lyrical motifs.

There was no response from the prosecutor's office for three days, followed by a dull statement by one of the leaders of the ruling party, followed by a statement by the president's spokesman protesting the mafia leader's words: the prosecutor's office has launched an investigation. However, at a time when the voice of the prosecutor's office was not heard and the fate of the Republic of Turkey was vitally sensitive not only from a political point of view but also from all points of view, His Majesty Bülent Arınç appeared all over again.

It is impossible to say that anyone has witnessed this unique personality of Turkish politics not daring to speak as one of the most important representatives of the opposition in the 1990s and the government since 2002.

Bulent Arınç, who ended his 20-year parliamentary career in the summer of 2015 after holding important positions as a speaker, deputy prime minister, and government spokesman, was brought to the Supreme Advisory Council under the president after the transition to the presidential rule: perhaps to remain silent.

However, in these two years, no one has witnessed Arınç's silence on any issue, from economics to law, from domestic politics to international relations.

In the last two weeks, Arınç first protested against the president's son-in-law, the former finance and treasury minister, and then announced the need to release the leader of a Kurdish-leaning party and the chairman of a major NGO, who had been imprisoned for 4.5 years. Then, he sent a message to the Speaker of the Parliament through the media to defend the opposition leader threatened by the mafia leader and took the country's policy to a new breaking point.

While everyone was waiting for the president's reaction to Arınç's words, Mr. Erdoğan accused the AKP's most experienced member of Islamist politics of "provocation".

When Arınç, "big brother" of President Erdoğan, who never hesitated to say what he said, said that he could not meet with him on Monday and could meet with him the next day to resign, Turkey waited with bated breath for the outcome of that meeting. Because, although the fact that Arınç resigned and parted ways with President Erdoğan is a nuance, his dismissal was a nuance that needed to be analyzed from another point of view. Bülent Arınç preferred to resign.

For the second time in 22 years, Turkey was the scene of a stir created by the mafia leader. We will not have to wait long to see who will suffer.

Mayis Alizade