Damascus-Sana
The schisms continue within the ranks of the ruling Justice and Development Party in Turkey headed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the continued decline in the number of its members and their joining of other parties, which indicates the size of the crisis experienced by the party in the Turkish interior.
Erdogan, whose constituency began to narrow with his popularity due to his despotic policies, lack of public freedoms, and his support for terrorism in the region, his party faces major challenges that negatively impacted on the internal economic situation, as the most recent data of the Turkish Supreme Court revealed that party members decreased more than 15 thousand members in less than two months.
Turkish newspaper Bergon said today: The Supreme Prosecutor of the Supreme Court published data about the numbers of members of political parties in the country and these data revealed that the Justice and Development Party continues to lose its registered members with it losing 15 thousand and 692 members in just 50 days, which confirms the validity of opinion polls Recently released, which shows the ruling party’s popularity has declined in an unprecedented way, in light of the deteriorating economic and political conditions that have plunged the country into an endless, dark tunnel.
The data also showed an increase in the number of members of opposition parties compared to the retreat of the members of the Justice and Development. The "Good" party registered an increase in its members by 42 thousand and 533 members, as well as the Republican People's Party increased by 4 thousand and 230 members, while the number of members of the Democratic People's Party increased by 412 members.
The Turkish Supreme Court announced on the fourteenth of last December that 114,116 members resigned from the Justice and Development Party in just 4 months in protest against Erdogan's policies and repressive methods towards his opponents, his economic mismanagement and his disregard for the rule of law, which forced his friends and old allies to move away from him and disavow his policies and form Parties opposed to his ruling party, including former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and former Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan.
Selçuk Ozdag, a former deputy from the municipality of Manisa and a deputy head of the “Future” party, told the Turkish newspaper “Gervisz” that the country may witness early legislative elections in March next year, indicating a decline in the percentage of support for the Justice and Development Party to 30%, pointing also to the demands of resigners and dissidents to join his party Which has the support of large numbers of supporters of the Justice and Development Party and the nationalist movement ally of the ruling party.
Observers believe that the continued cracks and rifts in the ranks of the Turkish Justice and Development Party threaten the dreams of its leader Erdogan to continue to tighten his grip on the country and thus increase the likelihood of losing the party in the next general elections scheduled in 2023.
Reem Abu Turabi
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