The "AK Party on the 25th Anniversary of its Establishment and the 24th Anniversary of its Coming to Power" program was organized by the AK Party Culture and Art Policies Directorate at the party headquarters, with Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, AK Party Deputy Chairman Mustafa Elitaş and Efkan Ala and Deputy Chairman Ömer Çelik and Ahmet Büyükgümüş as speakers.
In his speech at the program, Ala stated that the AK Party is a brand in management and that the most important resource for a country is "management".
Pointing out Türkiye's goal of being among the 10 most developed countries in the world, Ala emphasized that the common feature of the 10 most developed countries is "well-functioning management".
Reminding President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's words "The nation founded the AK Party, we hung the sign" and explaining why this statement was said, Ala said that the February 28 postmodern coup took place at that time, the trust between the society and the state was destroyed, there was an economic crisis and politics could not recover, and the AK Party was established in such a situation. Pointing out that the average duration of government until AK Party governments came to power was 1 year and 7 months, Ala said, "AK Party has changed such a system that look, we are in the 24th year, we have entered the 25th year." he said.
"IF RECEP TAYYIP ERDOĞAN DID NOT STAND BEHIND US WHEN I SAID THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE A LIFE OF ONE DECISION"
Explaining that she was appointed Governor of Batman after the AK Party government came to power and that they held a meeting a month later, Ala said that a military officer who attended the meeting said, "Some teachers in schools were attending classes wearing headscarves. I want to ask this to the district governors." He said he replied:
AK Party Deputy Chairman Ala said, "If the AK Party governments in Ankara and its leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had not stood behind us when I said that, you have a life span of one decree." he said.
Stating that all of the February 28 regulations signed by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were thrown into the dustbin of history in 2010, Ala said that now both the institutions and the nation are doing their job, and the country is developing and moving on.
"THE AK PARTY GOVERNMENTS, THE NATION BECAME A STATE"
Underlining that both the armed forces and politics have become stronger, Ala said, "The understanding of a state that fights against its nation has been replaced by an understanding that makes the nation a state. With the AK Party governments, the nation has become a state." made his assessment.
Reminding that they lifted the state of emergency, Ala said, "We did not forget the rights and freedoms of our citizens there. Our brothers, who could not say 'hello' to each other in prison, started to watch broadcasts on state television in their own language 24 hours a day. AK Party did this, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did this." he said.
AK Party Deputy Chairman Ala said:
Prime Ministers were designed to govern the nation and governments, and the President and institutions were designed to govern the state in the constitution. It is the AK Party and the AK Party governments that eliminated this dilemma. With the AK Party, the nation became the state. The will of the nation dominated the administration of the state. Governments have been in power and we continue on our way. We will continue these reforms, and we constantly express the need for a new civil constitution that guarantees what we have done in Türkiye, paves the way for what we will do, and brings the nation together with its opportunities, so that what we have done will never come back and be guaranteed. Secondly, let's pave the way for the nation. Let's bring the nation together with new reforms and new opportunities. Because while achieving all these, a strong organization, tremendous knowledge, community support, and a charismatic leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who does not back down in the face of any threat, all of these may not always be present together. For this reason, let's guarantee the system systemically, let's change the Constitution, let's let the will of the nation govern the administration of the state in a guaranteed way.
"TODAY OUR TURKEY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE GLOBAL POWERS OF THE WORLD"
Hüseyin Yayman, Deputy Chairman of the AK Party Responsible for Culture and Art Policies, who moderated the program, stated that the AK Party is the party of the nation and said, "When the election results were announced on November 3, 2002, it was called 'Anatolian revolution'. Nothing has been the same in Türkiye since November 3, 2002. The state-administration relationship in Türkiye under the leadership of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan "The relationship between politics and people has changed in Türkiye. The paradigm of politics has changed and our Turkey, which was described as the sick man of the Bosphorus, has become one of the global powers of the world." he said.
Yayman emphasized that the AK Party wrote a great success story in the first 25 years, and that it has a duty to write a new success story for the second 25 years.
"AK PARTİ KENDİSİYLE YARIŞMAKTADIR"
Pointing out that the AK Party has been struggling with major crises since its establishment, Yayman said:
