Efkan Ala's statements to Habertürk

Statements from AK Party Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala to Habertürk, who evaluated the hot topics of the agenda.

The highlights from Ala's statements are as follows:

Regarding me becoming the deputy chairman, I would like to express my gratitude for the trust and attention shown by our President in determining the Central Executive Committee. We will continue our work so as not to be embarrassed. We were in this position again after the extraordinary congress. Our change process has been continuing on a principle since the party was founded. That principle is to take the accumulation and experience together and carry them forward. This reduces mistakes and increases solutions. There were 60 thousand people outside the congress. It was already jam-packed inside. Although it was very cold, our President made a greeting speech from the top of the bus. There was incredible excitement in that cold. A dynamic crowd. It was truly a magnificent congress.

"THE PARTIES ARE FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES"

When we look at the developments in our region, Syria, the Middle East, Ukraine and Russia, the Caucasus, their policies have yielded results here. The occupied lands in Karabakh were liberated. The Baath regime that lasted more than half a century in Syria collapsed. Their theses were successful both in the north and south of Turkey. They are taking on incidents between Ukraine and Russia, our President is taking the most important initiative, and the leaders are conducting their diplomacy. Our citizens are comparing us with other parties in the country. The parties are fighting among themselves, experiencing their own crises.

"120 THOUSAND NEW MEMBERS WERE MADE"

While we were also conducting Turkey in stability and moving it towards its goals, we held 3,162 congresses. Starting in October. We also held women's and youth branch congresses with serious participation. The women's branch has 5.5 million members, the youth branch has nearly 1 million members. It is among the top 5 in the world, a large civil society member with no rival in Turkey. It has 11.5 million members. If you add all of them up, the total of the parties, go to the Supreme Court website, is 2.5-3 million. The total is one fourth of the AK Party. This is a large audience. A large participation, excitement. While we were holding these congresses, more than 5 million of our youth, women's branch and main level brothers and sisters attended these congresses. 120 thousand new members were made. We came together with the delegates. We discussed the problems of Turkey's regions in a participatory manner.

"WE SEE CHANGE AS A TOOL OF PROGRESS"

When citizens look, there is excitement, projects, programs, visions and work here. What is on the other side? Incredibly, someone there says that he was stabbed, their former general chairmen come back and say 'shady congress'. They end up in court. Provincial chairmen or party members say that money was distributed at the congress, that there are shady issues and allegations are made. Internal turmoil emerges. Whenever internal turmoil occurs, they start a presidential discussion to cover it up. They do these discussions to cover it up but it does not yield results. It is seen that people in other parties are interested in the AK Party. The interest and excitement have increased. It is seen that the vision and work that will realize Turkey's goals are here. 75 percent of our provincial chairmen, 65 percent of our district chairmen and 52 percent of the Central Executive Board have changed. Our friends work in one place and then take on duties in other areas. Our friends who were in other positions come back to the same position. We see change as a means of progress.

NEW NAMES JOINING THE AK PARTY

We do not govern Turkey with sentences that do not produce politics and that they make up for speculation among themselves. We would be very pleased if educated people who have served in other parties, who see what is happening around Turkey and understand the necessity of walking towards its goals, who see that being together with the AK Party and our President will provide more opportunities to contribute, would walk with us. Both Mr. Kürşat and Mr. Serap Hoca, Mr. Nedim, Mr. Ensarioğlu are here because they see more opportunities to contribute. That was their goal when they joined those parties, but while those parties are busy solving their own problems, Turkey is recruiting cadres that will solve Turkey's problems. We are not in a bargaining. We are a cadre that has been trying to govern Turkey with the projects it has implemented since the day it was founded, the investments it has made, the vision it has set, and the goals it has set. Of course, those who see this are making a choice to do politics within the AK Party. We salute this. Look, our friends who have proven themselves to the friends who have come.

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