01 March 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his party will not allow conspirators and liars to reach their goals.
In his speech before supporters in Balıkesir city Friday, Erdogan
said that the upcoming municipal elections scheduled for March 30 will
be a lesson for all "traitors" inside Turkey.
Friday marked the anniversary of what Erdogan called "a black day in
the history of Turkey", namely the military coup of February 28, 1997.
Erdogan recalled the repression that followed the coup, such as that
suffered by conservative Muslim women who were banned from university
education because of their choice to wear the Muslim headscarf. He added
that the post-coup government tried to reinforce the image of poor
citizens as perpetually poor, and that veiled Muslim women would always
be confined to inferior jobs.
"Your votes in the upcoming elections will disappoint Turkey's enemies abroad," he told the crowd.
Erdogan made reference to Fethullah Gulen, the US based leader of the
Gulen Movement, calling him the "leader of the parallel entity".
Erdogan accused Gulen of fabricating a recording, allegedly of a
conversation between Erdogan and his son, aiming to insult the ruling
party. "Unfortunately, the Republican People's Party and the Nationalist
Movement collaborate in supporting this treason," he added.
"Those people [namely, the Gulen Movement] praised the February 28
coup and honored its architects. Now they are providing information to
them by taping phone calls. We can see the same scenario repeating
itself with the same source of financing and the same media outlets," he
said.
Supporters of Gulen, which Erdogan label the "parallel entity",
eavesdropped on his phone calls and his son's, as well as encrypted
calls of senior officials in the government. "Who gave them the right to
eavesdrop on phone calls of the prime minister?" Erdogan asked.
"This entity has committed grave treason against the country and
disclosed its most important strategic secrets. I call on my misled
brothers to be aware of the reality of this entity."
"The parallel entity constitutes the last obstacle facing
Turkey...On the 30th of March, you will make a choice between the old
and the modern Turkey," Erdogan concluded.
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