Abdullah Gul: Erdogan's powers have made parliament a formality

In statements to the newspaper "Resolution", the former Turkish President Abdullah Gul said that political Islam has collapsed all over the world.

He saw, "The Justice and Development Party was an example during its first rule in 2002, when the party was ruling on the basis of rational criteria," adding that "the party succeeded during its first term, and was an inspiration to the Islamic world and even Islamic movements, but things changed because The party has moved away from its democratic approach, "as he put it.

He pointed out that "changing the Turkish system and granting it wide powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan under constitutional reform at the expense of Parliament and the government, has weakened the parliament significantly and made it a" formal "parliament.

Regarding what is happening in Idlib, Abdullah Gul stressed that "it is not necessary to wage an all-out war with Syria."

And he considered that the whole world’s approach to Syria was very wrong from the start, and Gul announced his rejection of the S-400 deal between Turkey and Russia.

Abdullah Ghoul stated in his speech that he remained silent in the face of social events such as the Gezi Park demonstrations, during which the police dealt violently with the demonstrators, and stressed that what happened then was an "environmental sense" by the street, but that social event was not well managed.

On Turkish-Arab relations, the former Turkish president considered that "the relationship between Turkey and the Arab countries is at its worst stage," noting that "Egypt is one of the most important Arab and Islamic worlds, and it is imperative to reconcile it."

Turkey moved to the presidential system of government after the June 2018 elections, a system that strengthened the powers of President Recep Erdogan and significantly reduced the powers of Parliament, which prompted many AK Party officials to resign.

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ANHA