The issue of the health of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently made headlines in the mainstream media around the world, but after the farce of threats to expel ambassadors following their support for political prisoner Osman Kabala - these doubts are expected to increase.
Only on Saturday did Erdogan announce that he had ordered the Turkish Foreign Ministry to declare ten ambassadors, including those from the United States, Germany and France, as "undesirable personalities", but in less than 72 hours he was able to return after a three-hour cabinet meeting in Ankara. "We believe that these ambassadors, who have complied with Article 41 of the Vienna Convention, will be more careful in their statements."
The Turkish president said these things knowing that the Turkish lira continues to crash day by day following the failed economic policy, which he is forcing the central bank in Ankara to adopt.
The pound has already fallen to more than 9.5 pounds for a single dollar, and if no unusual event occurs - it is also expected to cross the ten-pound mark to the dollar.
At the same time, in an attempt to rake in political capital within Turkey, Erdogan landed yesterday with his plane at the new airport in Fizoli in Carbach, in honor of the inauguration ceremony held by the Azerbaijani government there.
The President of Turkey received with his Azeri counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, the symbolic "key" to the airspace at the airport in Pizuli, also participated in the inauguration ceremony of a highway in an area that was neglected during the Armenian occupation, as well as a cornerstone laying ceremony for an advanced agricultural campus.
As mentioned, the Turkish Foreign Ministry last week held no less than ten reprimand calls to foreign ambassadors, following criticism leveled against Ankara on Monday as the fourth anniversary of the arrest at Istanbul airport of businessman and philanthropist Osman Kabala, who aided the 2013 Gazi Park protest against Erdogan.
These are the ambassadors of the United States, Canada, France, Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden who have issued an unprecedented joint statement calling for the release of the political prisoner.
"We demand a clear and immediate solution to the legal process against Kabala," the ambassadors demanded.
"The delays in the legal process that concern it raise questions about respect for democracy, the rule of law and the transparency of the Turkish legal system."
"We are united in our demand for the immediate release of Kabala. The decision regarding him must respect Turkey's international obligations and Turkey's own laws.