15.11.2026 16:52
İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu, in his speech at the Political Academy Graduation Ceremony, said regarding the fund investigation, “An order in which the guard and the thief meet in the same file is no longer an order; it is a collapse for all of us.” Dervişoğlu, arguing that the government wants to close the account by sacrificing a few people, used the expressions, “This is why we aspire to govern Turkey.”
İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu made assessments on the fund investigation, the explosion in Aliağa, and climate issues at a ceremony held at his party’s headquarters.
HE CELEBRATED THE 43RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRNC
Starting his speech by celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Dervişoğlu expressed the wish that the new year would be auspicious for the TRNC’s recognition in the Mediterranean and in the world.
Stating that the current period is one of intertwined multiple crises, Dervişoğlu argued that in every crisis the government has given answers to the question “How should Turkey not be governed?” that impose high costs on the nation.
“WHOEVER IT IS, THEY MUST DEFINITELY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE”
Noting that there are hundreds of suspects or detainees in the fund investigation, Dervişoğlu continued as follows:
“Those tasked with supervising the market appeared in the same files as those plundering the market. An order in which the guard and the thief meet in the same file is no longer an order; it is a collapse for all of us. Now they still tell us that there will be those who make mistakes in some practices. A mistake happens once. Something that lasts for months, comes in plain sight, and is not stopped despite warnings cannot be called a mistake. A year ago we said, ‘Whoever manipulates by using public power must definitely be held accountable,’ and we warned those governing this country; they did not listen. Now they want to close the account by sacrificing a few heads. We do not want heads. We demand accountability from this government for what has been done to this nation.”
HE TOUCHED ON THE EXPLOSION IN ALİAĞA
Stating that the understanding of politics they seek is “to protect those who tell the truth and hold accountable those who conceal the truth,” Dervişoğlu recalled the explosion at the iron and steel factory in İzmir’s Aliağa district, in which 19 workers lost their lives. Wishing God’s mercy on those who lost their lives and urgent healing to the injured, Dervişoğlu argued that the explosion in Aliağa, the fund investigation, and the struggle of retirees, workers, and civil servants to make a living are not independent of one another.
“WE ASPIRE TO GOVERN TURKEY”
Dervişoğlu said, “Turkey must be governed under the guidance of reason and science, within the boundaries of law, by assigning duties to those competent and by accounting to the nation for every decision. This is why we aspire to govern Turkey.”
“THIS LAND GIVES US LIFE”
Recalling that they held their group meetings in Antalya on the occasion of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Dervişoğlu noted the following:
“Issues referred to as climate, environment, or nature are ultimately the issues of this homeland. We took this land with our lives, and we will defend it with our lives. But we also shed our sweat on this land. This land gives us life. After polluting, plundering, pouring concrete, and then experiencing a disaster, to say ‘fate’ and move on is not our right in this world or in the hereafter. We will not give up our land for development, our rivers for energy, our shores for tourism, or our forests for housing. Nor will we give up our rights and freedoms for security, our sovereignty for diplomacy, or justice for wealth.”
“WHEN THE DUTY IS ENTRUSTED TO US, WE CAN HAVE NO EXCUSE”
Stating that if they come to power they will not take refuge in the excuse “we inherited a wreckage,” Dervişoğlu said, “If we aspire to govern Turkey on behalf of the Turkish nation, we can have no excuse when the duty is entrusted to us.”
Thanking those who contributed to the third term of the Politics Academy, Dervişoğlu presented the graduates with their certificates.