Is the Ayhan Bora Kaplan case a revenge operation against Yerlikaya? 'Post-Erdoğan era...'

Commenting on the allegations that an operation was being conducted against the AKP through secret witness Serdar Sertçelik in the Ayhan Bora Kaplan case, journalist Fatih Altaylı stated that there is an assessment that preparations for the post-Erdoğan era are underway within the AKP, and that he has received intelligence suggesting the case is an operation directed at Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.

Altaylı's assessments are as follows:

"CERTAIN NAMES WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT..."

"The operation is being conducted by the Deputy Ankara Provincial Police Chief and the Organized Crime Branch Manager. Actually, it is not clear whether there is an operation or not. Two cases in Ankara are very complicated: the Sinan Ateş case and this one. These two cases are running very parallel to each other. The impression I have gathered in Ankara in recent days is this: It is being said that the Ayhan Bora Kaplan case has turned into a case organized to sideline certain names within the current government. Who is that person: Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya."

"REVENGE OPERATION"

"The general consensus in Ankara is this: They say that a lobby is being formed to have Ali Yerlikaya removed from the ministry by using this case as a pretext. Because the allegations are as follows: In the confessions of the informant you mentioned, there are actually no allegations directed at ministers. It is claimed that this was added or attempted to be added to the indictment later by certain people whose identities are unknown, that there was no such thing in the initial statement, and that civil inspectors are also conducting an investigation into this matter. This investigation will most likely be completed by the weekend."

"TRANSFERRING IT TO THE MIT MIGHT BE IN EVERYONE'S FAVOR"

"So, the general consensus in Ankara is this: It is said that this is a revenge operation against Ali Yerlikaya and a move aimed at preventing Ali Yerlikaya from getting his hands too deep into certain issues. I cannot know if that is the case or not. This is like a settling of scores between the past and the present. The allegation is that certain forces have stepped in to discredit Ali Yerlikaya in this settling of scores. As of today, I am not that well-versed in the backroom politics of Ankara. These are not the subjects I am an expert on. This is the information I could obtain from names close to the AK Party in Ankara."

"Again, information is coming in that certain cliques are forming and that some important names within the AK Party have started to act in concert with some names who were removed from the ministry."

"Transferring this investigation to the MIT might be in everyone's favor. It needs to be investigated more impartially."

PREPARATION FOR THE POST-ERDOGAN ERA?

"There are men linked to Ayhan Bora Kaplan within the police force. The man you call Ayhan Bora Kaplan is actually a type of person you wouldn't even greet, a type people would be hesitant to even call a mafia figure."

"It is said that there are those who do business with this type. It is alleged that they orchestrated this out of panic that these connections might be exposed. Every allegation has a winner and a loser. This shows the following: There is an authority vacuum in the government, and a settling of scores regarding who will be influential in the post-Erdoğan era—that is, after Erdoğan leaves the Presidency, whether his term ends, he resigns, or however he departs—and at the same time, it is seen as a way to shield names linked to Ayhan Bora Kaplan within the Ankara Police Department by halting certain operations during this period."

"THERE IS AN AUTHORITY VACUUM IN THE GOVERNMENT"

"In fact, it seems as if ministers who were never involved in this investigation were included in it to create the feeling that a conspiracy was being plotted against the AKP; as Yerlikaya says, 'FETÖ-style'; I believe this is what he is referring to. Just as CDs were planted via secret witnesses during the FETÖ era, I think this is what Yerlikaya is implying."

"This is a very complicated matter, and there is an authority vacuum in the government."

News Source: 12punto