President Erdoğan: We will not allow mud horse trail politics

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gives a speech at the AK Party Group Meeting.

Highlights from President Erdoğan's speech are as follows:

We are going through a sensitive period where important developments are taking place. I offer my condolences to Üsküdar Municipality Deputy Mayor Dündar Ziya Gültekin, who lost his life in a traffic accident while coming from Istanbul to Ankara last week, and my condolences to the people of Üsküdar. Our brother Ziya Gültekin was an extraordinary person who was a lover of Üsküdar and loved his district with great passion. He was a popular name both in our organization and in Üsküdar.

“WE HAVE WITNESSED A HATE CAMPAIGN ON SOCIAL MEDIA”

I congratulate Muhammed Emin Sarıoğlu, who was elected as the Deputy Mayor of Üsküdar Municipality in the voting held yesterday, and I wholeheartedly believe that he will serve the people of Üsküdar with love. There are values ​​that make people human, respect for pain is one of them. After the death of our brother Ziya, which saddened us all, we witnessed a vile hate campaign, especially on social media, which appeared to be directed from a single center. A mob devoid of any sense of humanity vomited out all the anger they had accumulated against a person they did not even know. They attacked everyone who fulfilled their humanitarian duty by posting condolences.

"Türkiye NEEDS A NEW POLITICAL LANGUAGE"

We always draw attention to the dangers of increasing polarization in politics. Türkiye needs a new political language. We have experienced great disappointment in the last three weeks. The opposition is unaware of the plans for Türkiye. There are no solutions to the problems.

"NO, WHO ARE YOU AT WAR?"

One of them came out recently; He unconsciously says 'we are at war'. We need to ask this person whose ambition has captured his mind. Nope; Who are you at war with? Is there a mobilization and we don't know about it? Türkiye was invaded but we didn't hear about it. Look, very serious problems have happened to this country for 24 years. There were those who showed our country a stick under their cloak. There were those who threatened Türkiye vilely, regardless of their size. They used many tricks, such as the Gezi incidents, to destroy Türkiye from within.

"MAKING UNSOUNDED ACCUSES IS A GREAT CRIME"

We see the same frivolous attitude in fund discussions. They are playing with people's dignity and reputation through rumors. Look, just as it is a big crime to confiscate people's property, it is also a bigger crime to unfoundedly accuse honest and honorable people of corruption. What's worse than this is to act recklessly even though your falsehood is revealed. Moreover, you will accuse our cabinet members without any information or documents, you will incriminate the institutions of the state, and then you will come out and lie on your ear without blushing. We do not say goodbye to this. We will not surrender to the politics of leaving no stone unturned.