The mask has fallen: The ‘alliance to make them lose’

In my last article, I wrote that the statements made by PKK terrorist organization leaders to voters during the local elections, urging them to ‘remain loyal to the alliance’, were actually targeting the CHP.

The statements coming from Qandil were a ‘golden opportunity’ to associate the CHP with terrorism, and we have been listening to this fairy tale from Erdoğan to Murat Kurum throughout the past week…

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Before the ink on the organization’s ‘anti-AKP’ words had even dried, open support for the government in the local elections came from the DEM Party.

Although the DEM Party claims, ‘we are not making a gesture or a stand to anyone,’ they nominated one of their strongest figures, Meral Danış Beştaş, for Istanbul.

Simultaneously, statements praising Erdoğan came from Ahmet Türk and Leyla Zana. Ahmet Türk—who is also the DEM Party’s Mardin candidate—said, ‘If anyone wants to solve the Kurdish issue, Erdoğan will solve it; he is a leader, he is strong.’ Türk stated, "We did not have faith that Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu would solve the Kurdish issue. We still don't today. The CHP does not have the capability to solve such a massive problem. There is no leader there today. If anyone wants to solve it, Erdoğan will solve it, because he is a leader."

Leyla Zana, one of the architects of the ‘solution process,’ also said, "The President says, 'I put the process in the freezer.' Well, it's about to expire; I think it needs to be taken out of the freezer and handled fundamentally."

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The DEM members say, ‘we are not making a gesture to anyone,’ but the fact that they are fielding candidates in provinces where the CHP is locally in power and where there is a dense Kurdish voter population, especially in Istanbul, is an expression of open support for the AKP.

We will see what kind of bargaining is behind this support after the local elections.

The AKP’s ‘opposition design’ is not limited to the DEM.

The IYI Party is similarly fielding candidates everywhere, including in three major metropolitan cities.

In the previous election, the IYI Party was with the Nation Alliance and did not field candidates. The DEM members, who were called HDP at the time, also did not field candidates, ensuring that votes were consolidated under the CHP. Now, a reverse disintegration plan is working like clockwork.

Together with the People’s Alliance, the DEM and IYI Party are forming an ‘alliance to make them lose’ against the CHP, and especially against Ekrem İmamoğlu in Istanbul.

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel is preparing for the election while struggling with this alliance on one hand and internal party opposition on the other.

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In this process, there are also calls for common sense…

Let me share the claim that prompted a statement from former State Minister responsible for the economy, Ufuk Söylemez;

Researcher Bekir Ağırdır wrote in Oksijen newspaper that Erdoğan wants to form a ‘grand right-wing coalition.’

Ufuk Söylemez, on behalf of the True Path Democrats, responded to the ‘grand right-wing coalition’ setup.

‘As patriotic and democratic elements of the center-right, who are sincerely committed to the secular-democratic rule of law, the parliamentary regime, and the founding values of our Atatürk Republic, who are against corruption and bigotry, who respect the values of our nation, and who do not accept the authoritarian one-man regime, we hereby announce to the public, out of necessity, that we will never participate in the mentioned ‘Grand Right-Wing Coalition’ setup and that we will strive for the formation of a Turkey Alliance.’

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Bekir Ağırdır may see the AKP as a ‘right-wing party,’ but many parties on the right in Turkey are committed to Republican values and Atatürk’s principles and revolutions. In other words, Ağırdır’s ‘right-wing party’ cover is not enough to hide the AKP’s true identity. To view the AKP as a father or elder brother to right-wing parties is to ignore major crimes, from the conspiracy trials to the corruption order that feeds sects and religious communities.

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The ‘alliance to make them lose’ is working at full speed. The CHP must first repair its internal front and be able to explain to broad segments of society that the March 31 elections are the final light at the end of the tunnel…