Fatih Erbakan, Chairman of the Re-Welfare Party, made evaluations about the agenda before the meeting of the provincial heads of his party at the National Youth Association.
Erbakan stated that they voted against the Mecca Treaty, which was accepted in the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and argued that the agreement contained risks that could bring Türkiye face to face with Iran and Yemen.
Erbakan emphasized that Türkiye should play a mediator role in conflicts in the Islamic world rather than taking sides, and continued as follows:
"If you look at the ruling wing, the security of the Islamic world is guaranteed. If you look at the media close to the ruling party, it is as if a historic victory has been won. However, we cannot help but wish it were so. First of all, the person who is most happy about the Mecca Treaty is Donald Trump, whom we describe as the 'cowboy of Zionism'. Trump, as one of the most important actors of Zionism, declared Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and gave the greatest support to the Israeli genocide and attacks in Gaza. If he wants the Mecca Treaty to be signed and is happy when it is signed, we need to stop and think about whose security will an agreement that Trump is happy with and openly supported by the American administration?"
Erbakan said that Egypt's participation in the Mecca Alliance was on the agenda, but this possibility was eliminated after US Ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack announced that "Egypt will not be included in the alliance". Erbakan claimed that the USA was influential in joining the alliance and stated that the agreement raises questions in terms of independent foreign policy and the interests of the Islamic world.
Erbakan said that despite the statements that the security of the region was ensured with the Mecca Agreement, Israel's attempts to establish a base in the Somaliland region, located at the entrance of the Red Sea, pose a threat to the security of the region, and stated that this situation could jeopardize the security of the Red Sea, Babülmandep Strait and the trade routes of the Islamic world. Erbakan said, "Well, can the parties to the Mecca Treaty, which claims to ensure the security of the region, take any steps in the face of such a situation? Can they take any joint measures? Unfortunately, no. Of course, we do not object to Muslim countries forming an alliance. We would be pleased if Muslim countries form an independent alliance in line with their own agenda. However, we oppose the possibility of the established alliances being designed to serve American and Israeli interests."
"THE LIST OF 214 PEOPLE MUST BE ANNOUNCED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT HIDDEN EVEN A SINGLE NAME"
In his assessment of the fund crisis, Erbakan argued that the Capital Markets Board and Borsa Istanbul officials did not intervene in the process, and stated that the developments directly victimized 455 thousand citizens and caused a fund loss of approximately 1 trillion liras. Erbakan also claimed that the total value loss in the stock market in the last six months reached 180 billion dollars, and the total market value of companies decreased from 480 billion dollars to 300 billion dollars.
Erbakan stated that there were 214 individuals and legal entities that were claimed to have gained 188 billion lira by obtaining inside information before the decline in stocks, and called for the list of these people to be announced by the government and necessary actions to be taken against those responsible. Erbakan made the following evaluations on the subject:
"Names very close to the government got out of the situation by saying, 'We returned the profit we received.' The journalist who made the news was handcuffed. Those who made a billion-dollar profiteer were told, 'Give the money and get rid of them.' Even the establishment of a Parliamentary Investigation Commission was not allowed. Lastly, a former minister was arrested yesterday, and the reason for his arrest was the accusation of being a member of an organization established to commit crimes. Therefore, the authorities have stated and confirmed that there is an organization, an organized fraud and an organized crime. We "Now we are saying that since there is an organization, who is the leader of this organization? Who are the other members of this organization? You must share them with the public and do what is necessary about them. That list of 214 people must be disclosed immediately, without hiding even a single name, and its political extensions must be brought to justice."
"THE LOWEST RETIREMENT SALARY MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE MINIMUM WAGE LEVEL"
In his evaluation of TÜİK and ENAG's October inflation data, Erbakan drew attention to the monthly inflation rates of 2.58 percent and annual inflation rates of 29.77 percent announced by TÜİK. Arguing that there was no significant decrease in inflation despite the tightening policies implemented by the economic management, Erbakan said that even if inflation decreased to zero, it would not mean that prices would decrease.
Reminding that the legal rent increase rate for November is 31 percent, Erbakan pointed out that a citizen who pays 30 thousand lira rent will have to pay 39 thousand lira rent in the new period. Erbakan continued as follows:
"In an environment where the minimum wage is 28 thousand liras and the pension is 23 thousand 550 liras, should these people pay their salaries to the landlord as rent? Should they buy coal for heating with a 20 percent increase, or feed their children? We are making a clear call from here. The lowest pension must be brought to the minimum wage level and it is extremely important that both minimum wages are at a poverty line level. The pension must also be equal to the minimum wage. Sir, where will we find the money? As we always say, you will find it from the monsters. You will save it from the interest monster, the privileged holdings monster, the waste monster and give it to the retirees.
Why can't those who say there are no resources find resources for this nation? Because resources go to monsters. We were talking about three big monsters: the interest monster, the privileged holdings monster and the public waste monster. Now a fourth monster, the background monster, has been added to these. Here is the interest monster. The money paid to interest from the Treasury in the first nine months of 2026 is 2 trillion 251 billion lira. There was a 35 percent increase compared to the nine months of last year. The money paid from the Treasury to interest in nine months is 311 billion liras more than the total one-year budget of the Ministry of National Education. "Unfortunately, the state pays 311 billion lira more than the annual budget we allocate for our billions of children, schools and teachers to interest in nine months."
"WHERE IS THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH OPENS THE TAPS TO THE FULLEST WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUND PROFITTER, WHILE THE WORKER'S HEAVEN IS GOING OUT"
Speaking about the 2027 budget negotiations, Erbakan said, "Unfortunately, the 2027 budget is the budget of the London loan sharks, not the budget of the nation. It is the budget of the rentiers, the budget of the interest barons."
Erbakan stated that nearly 4 trillion lira of borrowing and interest payments are envisaged in the 2027 budget, and argued that the budget is debt and interest-oriented. Stating that one of the reasons for the Re-Welfare Party to leave the People's Alliance was these budget policies, Erbakan pointed out that the budget expenditures are expected to be 27 trillion liras, the revenues to be 23 trillion liras, and the budget deficit to be 3.9 trillion liras. Stating that interest payments will reach 3.97 trillion liras, Erbakan said that 20 liras of every 100 liras of tax collected in 2027 will be allocated to interest, and 11 billion daily and 453 million hourly liras will be transferred to interest payments.
Stating that the banking sector announced a net profit of 780 billion lira in the nine months of the year, Erbakan stated that 93 thousand tradesmen closed their shutters and 258 thousand checks were bounced in the same period. Expressing that tradesmen, SMEs, manufacturers and industrialists are experiencing economic difficulties, Erbakan drew attention to the difference between the profitability of the banking sector and the problems experienced by the real sector. Erbakan asked, "Where is the government that opens the taps to the end when it comes to rentiers, loan sharks, fund profiteers, privileged holdings, while the support of industrialists and workers is extinguished all over Anatolia?"
"THIS SUMMIT IS NOT AN ENVIRONMENTALITY SUMMIT, IT IS AN ECONOMIC OCCUPATION WITH THE MASK OF GREEN TRANSFORMATION"
Speaking about the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP31 to be held in Antalya, Erbakan said, "This summit is not an environmentalism summit, it is economic occupation and global carbon imperialism disguised as green transformation."
Stating that, as the Re-Welfare Party, they are against all forms of imperialism and global carbon imperialism, Erbakan stated that Türkiye's share in carbon emissions is 1 percent and that they find it unfair that the obligations regarding climate agreements are left to Türkiye. Erbakan said, "America, China and Europe will pollute the world, Türkiye will clean it, and Turkish industrialists and Turkish farmers will pay the price. It is impossible for us to ever say yes to such an injustice."
