The head of Nationalist MHP, Devlet Bahceli, reacted to the recent crisis in the judiciary and also between the government and the judiciary. He said that the crisis was like the Ottoman Interregenum which is considered a dark period in Ottoman history after the death of the Ottoman Sultan Beyazid and a struggle between his four sons started on who will be next ruler. Bahceli said that today there was a struggle and polarization between the essential bodies of the state such as the universities, the army, the media and the police began.
Bahceli said that the AK Party used its political power to threaten and pressure those who did not support it. He stated that the recent crisis would damage the feeling of justice and the concept of a state of law. He emphasized that a process that would damage the durability of a constitutional order and a democratic regime.
Bahceli said that there was a need for a constitutional change and a reform in the judiciary but it was important who would do this change and when they would do it. He stated that the ruling party who lost its legitimacy could not be fit to do these changes.
Source: Radikal, ntvmsnbc (Turkey), February 19, 2010
