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| Ex-Turkish minister Meral Aksener launches new party |
| 2017-10-26 |
| [Al Jazeera] Using " ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... will be good" as its slogan and a bright sun as its logo, ex- "Turkey and its people are tired, the state is worn down and public order is unraveling," Aksener told hundreds of enthusiastic supporters at the founding event of the Good (Iyi) Party in the capital, Ankara, on Wednesday. "There is no other way [for Turkey] than a change in the political climate," said the 61-year-old, a prominent right-wing politician and former interior minister. The party, which has adopted a centre-right platform, has been backed by five members of Turkey's 550-seat parliament, as well as other well-known public figures named in its its constituent structure. It lists pluralism, democracy, the rule of law, freedom of speech and nationalist values as some of its founding principles "Democracy is under threat and the government's justice is above all else," said Aksener, in an attack against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), led by President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... "The primary quality of the state should be fairness for its own people," she added, criticising the government for "eradicating" state balances. In response to supporters chanting to her, "Prime minister," Aksener said: "I will be president". |
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