Fund crisis intensifies debate within AKP: Calls for resignation from Külünk and Kılıçarslan

Allegations of a fund scandal in the stock market, which have caused widespread public reaction, have also brought about criticism of economic management within AKP circles. According to the allegations, the process, which has victimized hundreds of thousands of people and is claimed to have reached 900 billion liras, has intensified the debate over responsibility among different factions within the party.

At the center of the debate is the role of institutions responsible for auditing funds in this process. The Capital Markets Board's statements pointing to the previous administration have turned into a new political tension over the audit responsibilities of the economic management and relevant institutions.

The remarks by former AKP deputy Metin Külünk and Yeni Şafak columnist İsmail Kılıçarslan have made the debate more visible. Both figures pointed out that what has happened does not only have financial consequences but could also lead to political and social impacts.

CRITICISM OF ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT

Külünk stated that the fund crisis has had severe consequences for the AKP's social base and argued that those responsible for the process must be held accountable. Külünk used the expressions, "Neither our nation, nor the sociological base of the AK Party, nor our President should pay the price for someone's ambitions, incompetence, or negligence."

İsmail Kılıçarslan, on the other hand, directed his criticism directly at the responsibility of the economic management. Pointing to the increasing cost of living in recent years, Kılıçarslan also made a reference to Mehmet Şimşek's words, "If there hadn't been a war, inflation would have been 7 points lower."

Kılıçarslan stated that it should be explained what the authorities were doing in the face of the allegations regarding fund companies, asking, "While funds were reaching billion-dollar volumes in the stock market through speculation with the companies they own and pocketing citizens' money, what exactly were the authorities in charge of this business doing?"

Like Külünk, Kılıçarslan also called for resignations, expressing his reaction with the words, "Where are the resignations then? Where are the managers who resigned saying, 'Well, I was asleep while these funds were stealing 15 billion dollars of the citizens' money, excuse me'?"

The growing debate around the fund crisis has brought the allegations of a power struggle within the AKP back to the agenda, alongside dissatisfaction with economic policies.

News Source: 12punto