Davutoğlu and Babacan have created a crisis in the AKP! Here is what is being discussed behind the scenes...

Recently, claims that DEVA Party leader Ali Babacan and Future Party Chairman Ahmet Davutoğlu, who have been sending moderate messages to AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will return to the AKP have been voiced loudly.

Although the parties deny these claims, the fact that the names of Babacan and Davutoğlu are on the agenda has caused discomfort within the AKP. Nefes columnist Nuray Babacan brought what is being discussed in AKP circles regarding Davutoğlu and Babacan to her column.

Claiming that the majority is not pleased with this team's effort to reintegrate with the party, Nuray Babacan suggested that comments such as, “It is not right to bring these names back to the agenda during every crisis. If there is to be a change of guard within the party, there are names who will rightfully take on the task. Sometimes working in harmony becomes a crime. Naughty children who cause trouble should not be rewarded…” are being made.

"THOSE WHO LEAVE ARE REWARDED"

Stating that the view that ‘Those who leave are rewarded, while those who stay and fight are punished’ prevails within the AKP, the author reported the behind-the-scenes talk: “Especially regarding the period when Ahmet Davutoğlu was prime minister, examples are being told about how he crossed out names close to Erdoğan one by one and removed them from their duties. Old books are being opened.”

Emphasizing that the reactions toward Ali Babacan and his team, who are engaged in politics in the DEVA Party, are more reasonable, Nuray Babacan added, “However, it is explained with examples that both politicians ultimately established new parties to create a protective shield for themselves and made harsh criticisms of the AKP during this period. Of course, it is also underlined that they have not found 1 percent support in society.”

Here is the relevant section from Nuray Babacan’s article titled “The ‘old friends’ crisis in the AKP”:

“It is not right to bring these names back to the agenda during every crisis. If there is to be a change of guard within the party, there are names who will rightfully take on the task. Sometimes working in harmony becomes a crime. Naughty children who cause trouble should not be rewarded…”

These words are what is being discussed inside regarding Ali Babacan, Ahmet Davutoğlu, and their team, who prefer to engage in politics outside the AKP. The majority is not pleased with this team's effort to reintegrate with the party.

When looking at the issue from within the party, a different picture emerged. The effort of those who do not see it possible to win the election with the current structure to gather the old team, and their plans to prepare for possible new alliances in the future, do not seem to have created much sympathy.

The view that ‘Those who leave are rewarded, while those who stay and fight are punished’ prevails. The feelings of those who were excluded by these teams in the past are not that warm.

Especially regarding the period when Ahmet Davutoğlu was prime minister, examples are being told about how he crossed out names close to Erdoğan one by one and removed them from their duties.

Old books are being opened. It is recalled that in the opinion poll conducted within the party regarding Davutoğlu becoming prime minister, his name did not come out, and although Binali Yıldırım's name came out ahead, the result was changed at Erdoğan's request. It was a much-discussed topic at that time.

In other words, it is claimed that the deputies did not want him, and the current atmosphere is no different. There are those who say about Davutoğlu, “His reputation at that time was that he was very successful and very preferred. Whereas Erdoğan brought him, regretted it, and Erdoğan took him away.”

Reactions toward Ali Babacan and his team, who are engaged in politics in the DEVA Party, are more reasonable. However, it is explained with examples that both politicians ultimately established new parties to create a protective shield for themselves and made harsh criticisms of the AKP during this period. Of course, it is also underlined that they have not found 1 percent support in society.

It was also seen in the past that the two political parties founded by those who broke away from the AKP adopted attitudes related to playing a key role and emerging advantageously during critical periods. While everyone was leaving the Nation Alliance with losses, everyone knows how they came out profitably.

These names thought that while founding a party, they would more easily fend off possible attacks against them within a corporate structure, and they have achieved results until today. Now, as the election approaches, there are comments that they are looking for a new ‘launch pad.’

Small parties with big goals…