Davutoglu Says Government Will Not Succumb To The Jewish Lobby, The

DAVUTOGLU SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO THE JEWISH LOBBY, THE ARMENIAN LOBBY OR THE LOBBY OF THE TURKISH-GREEK MINORITY

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announces his new cabinet in Ankara,

August 29, 2014.. (photo credit:REUTERS)

At a speech Sunday in Istanbul, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
told the provincial congress “I announce it from here: we have not
and will not succumb to the Jewish lobby, the Armenian lobby or the
Turkish-Greek minority’s lobbies,” the Turkish dailyHurriyet reported.

His comments were said in response to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s
statements last month linking his opponents, the Gulenists or,
“parallel structure,” to the Mossad.

“I call out to the parallel lobby that sent them a message: We will
stand before you with dignity no matter where you are; you will be
despicable for the treason you have done to this nation,” theHurriyet
recorded Davutoglu saying.

Erdogan came under fire for his claim that allies of his arch-foe, the
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, are linked to Israel’s Mossad.

“The sincere people backing this parallel structure should see with
whom this structure is cooperating with…shame on them if they
still cannot see that this structure is cooperating with the Mossad,”
Erdogan charged.

He accused Gulen of setting up a “parallel state” within the Turkish
administration and trying to topple him, blaming his supporters within
the police and judiciary for a corruption inquiry that rocked the
government late in 2013.

“If this is not treason then what is it?” Erdogan posed, adding that
the Gulen movement wiretapped top secret Turkish state meetings,
feeding the information to foreign intelligence services.

On Sunday, a Turkish court ordered the arrest of 21 police officers as
part of the investigation into the illegal wiretapping of politicians,
civil servants and businessmen, according to the Dogan News Agency.

Raids began in several cities as prosecutors enforced the court order,
part of Erdogan’s campaign against supporters of Gulen.

Erdogan’s political rivals criticized him for making his claims
without providing any evidence of their truth.

Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman quoted Oktay EkÃ…~_i, a deputy from
the Republican People’s Party, as saying that Erdogan “has always
said a claimant needs to prove his claim, but it is he who has never
bothered to prove his claims.”

Tunca Toskay of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) accused Erdogan of
“irresponsible behavior.”

Although Erdogan claimed in the past that the Gulen movement was a
pawn of “foreign imperial powers,” he had not before made allegations
that the Mossad was connected to the movement and to the graft probe
against him.

His investigation led to the resignation of three ministers as a “coup
attempt,” and thousands of police officers, judges and prosecutors
were removed from their posts.

Last month, a Turkish court issued an arrest warrant against Gulen
on suspicion of heading up a criminal organization.

Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in the US, denies any
involvement in plots against the government.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress