The responsibility now passes to Erdogan himself for conscription and declaration of war, with a decision published yesterday in the government gazette.

This is a change that no one expected. From 1990 until today, the decision was the responsibility of the Turkish cabinet, as reported by Manolis Kostidis from Istanbul.

Now Erdogan decides on his own without needing the consent of any other body, while the casus belli is also a decision of the president.

Developments and events forced this change, the representative of the ruling party, Omer Celik, said when asked about it.

The question that arises is ‘why now?’, but at present there is no satisfactory answer.

This is a development that changes the facts both outside and inside Turkey, commented Manolis Kostidis, pointing out the fears of the Turkish opposition about the reaction of the Turkish president in case of internal unrest.

Television network SOZCU TV NETWORK: “The decision was published in the government’s gazette. Pursuant to this, the Conscription and State of War Regulation was withdrawn and the Conscription and State of War Directive will now apply. It was announced that the aim of this decision is for all the mechanisms of the state to be able to mobilize quickly and immediately in a state of mobilization and war. By a decision of the president the decision of conscription and war will be published in the government gazette and then the approval of the parliament will be sought.

A HABER TV Network: “With the decision of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the regulation of conscription and declaration of the country in a state of war, which was in force since 1990, was abolished. In its place, the new directive of conscription and declaration of war applies from today. With the decision that has already been published in the government’s gazette, the power of mobilization and the declaration of war was given to the president of the country, while until now it was the responsibility of the cabinet. In the decision there are all the conditions and regulations that will apply to the recruitment.”

Turkish opposition: “This is what Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin did”

Turkish TV networks: “Erdogan has all the power to go to war”

CEMAL ENGINGYURT- DEMOCRATIC PARTY VICE-PRESIDENT: “All dictatorships always come with the narrative of normalization. If you look at Hitler, he always became Hitler with normalization and normalization. So Mussolini and Stalin always talked about normalization. Like the current Iranian regime, it came as a revolution and collaborated with the Marxists and then crushed them.”

NTV VIEWING NETWORK: The conscription and declaration of war regulation that was in force for 34 years was abolished. With the new law, all the power to mobilize and declare war was given to the president of the country.

Erdogan’s satisfaction for the recognition of the Palestinian state by 3 countries

“The fighters of Palestine will achieve victory. Today I am happy.”

Erdogan: “The Palestinian struggle, with God’s help, will become stronger on a global scale and achieve victory through the establishment of an independent, sovereign and geographically unified Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. We believe it with all our hearts. I pray that God will give us the grace to see these beautiful days. I am very pleased that today Norway, Ireland and Spain have announced that they will recognize the State of Palestine. On behalf of myself and my nation, we express our appreciation to the leaders of all three countries for their conscious decisions to be on the right side of history.”