President Erdogan: Now take your hands off the brotherhood of this nation, Cu

In his speech at his party's Grand National Assembly Group Meeting, President Erdoğan commemorated Üsküdar Municipality Deputy Mayor Dündar Ziya Gültekin, who passed away as a result of a traffic accident, and reacted to the ugly campaigns carried out on social media after his death.

President Erdoğan, who started his speech by greeting the party members, MPs and members of the organization in 81 provinces who filled the hall, stated that Türkiye is going through a sensitive process in which important developments are taking place at home, abroad and in the region.

May God have mercy on Üsküdar Municipality Deputy Mayor Dündar Ziya Gültekin, who passed away in a traffic accident while coming from Istanbul to Ankara last week, and expressed his condolences to his family and the people of Üsküdar. Erdoğan emphasized the late Gültekin's love of service.

Stating that Gültekin is a very popular name both in the party organization and in Üsküdar, Erdoğan said:

Our late brother Ziya Gültekin; He was an exceptional person who was a lover of Üsküdar, loved his city and district with great passion, and was excited and happy to serve no matter what position he held. He was a loved and respected name both within our organization and in Üsküdar. During his time as vice president, he distinguished himself with his hard work, sincerity and efforts to do justice to the trust. We were pleased with him, may God also be pleased with him. I hope that Ziya Gültekin will honor our brother with his paradise and beauty. He kisses the eyes of his three orphaned children, one by one, whom he left behind as entrusted to us; I pray that God Almighty gives them patience and fortitude.

I congratulate Muhammet 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. Of course, I would like to express my sadness here. Look, there are values ​​that make people human. Respect for pain is one of them. Empathizing is one of them. After the death of our brother Ziya, which saddened us all, we witnessed a vile hate campaign that appeared to be directed from a single center, especially on social media platforms. A mob devoid of any sense of humanity vomited all the pus they had accumulated within themselves against a person they did not even know. This desperation reached such a level that they attacked anyone who was performing their most basic human duty by issuing condolence messages. I leave these addicts, whose hearts have turned to stone and who no longer have anything to do with humanity other than their appearance, to God Almighty.

As you know, we have been drawing attention to the dangers of increasing polarization in politics in almost every speech we have for a while. We touched upon this in detail in our opening address of the new legislative year. We specifically stated that in the regional conjuncture we are in, Türkiye needs a new style of politics and a new political language. We stated that restricting politics from a competition to serve the nation better to a friend-enemy dichotomy poses a threat not only to our democracy but also to our social peace and tranquility. Not only that, we also made a well-intentioned call. We invited all political parties, including our rivals, to put aside their battle axes as a political institution and increase our commonalities when it comes to the interests of the nation and the country. We underlined that pursuing Türkiye-centered politics is a national duty rather than a need for our country, especially in this period.

However, we have experienced great disappointment in the last 3 weeks. I would like to state with regret that some of the opposition actors have neither such sensitivity nor such an agenda. Just as they do not follow the world and our region at all, they are also unaware of the covert operations and social engineering projects against Türkiye. They have closed their eyes and ears to everything except their own narrow cadre interests. There is no plan, no program, no solution to the country's problems. If you say let's preserve civility in politics, unfortunately there is no such thing.

Source: TRT Haber Açık RSS (Gündem) (Open Press / Translated Full Text)