It is rumored that Davutoğlu will return to the AK Party, but he has burned his bridges.

DEVA, the umbrella party of the Future and Happiness parties, held its first group meeting in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, where the leader of the Future Party, Ahmet Davutoğlu, criticized the opposition over Syria policy and harshly criticized the government for declaring 2025 as the Year of Family.

"WHERE WERE THE LEADERS OF THE MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY?"

Davutoğlu, stating, "For 13 years, we have deprived ourselves of sleep over the troubles of the oppressed who were slaughtered with chemical weapons and barrel bombs in Syria," asked, "Isn't it necessary to ask where were you when your fellow mayors condemned these oppressed people to conditions like Kerbala by cutting off their water while the opposition, which harshly criticized us at that time and said it was necessary to cooperate with these tyrants, is now attempting a show of aid to Damascus? Where were the leaders of the main opposition party, who live disconnected from the world, even on the morning when Bashar al-Assad fell, saying 'You need to talk to Bashar al-Assad'? On the other hand, how sincere is it for the government trumpeters, who saw the request for an appointment to meet Bashar al-Assad for three months as a peace effort, to now sing conquest songs? The motive that drives us is the safety of the lives of many oppressed people, including Palestinians, Gazans, Syrians, East Turkestanis, Rohingyas, and many others. I call on the government: Hear the cries of our East Turkistani brothers who will be executed when returned to China in Thailand right now and rescue them from that hell," he said.

CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT: WE ARE CONCERNED, WE ARE ANXIOUS

Davutoğlu, who criticized the government over the declaration of 2025 as the Year of Family, said, "We are concerned and anxious about the possibility that the government, which devastated retirees in 2024, the Year of Retirees, will take steps that will further shake our family structure in 2025, the Year of Family. Just a moment ago, those series were mentioned. Are those series the only issue? It is impossible not to feel shame from what you see on these pro-government television channels since the moment you started morning broadcasts. If our family structure is still standing today, it is not thanks to you, but in spite of you," he stated.

"WE CHOSE THE STRUGGLE ON THE ROAD, NOT THE POWER AT THE END"

Continuing his speech, Davutoğlu said, "What drives us is to take on the troubles of our babies, children, youth, women, tradespeople, farmers, industrialists, the disabled, and retirees." He continued: "However, they told us, 'Even if there is injustice, even if there is corruption, even if there is poverty, just sit and wait for your turn to be granted a position.' Now I often hear that there is a problem in the government, and I hear voices saying, 'I wish he hadn't set out on the road, but had remained silent for 8 years in a corner, and now saw that it was his turn.' My concern was not power; it was not to seek favor in it. They said, 'The road should lead to power, no matter how it is done.' We said that how we go is as important as where we are going. We listened to Confucius, who said, 'It is not where you are going that matters, but how you go.' They said, 'Let the direction be power, the rest doesn't matter.' We said, 'There can be no direction without method.' With the fundamental principle of Sufism, we said, 'There can be no union without rules.' So what kind of road are we choosing? We could have preferred the old, familiar paths like some others. The old paths that are eroded by power, where everything is permissible to obtain and maintain power. We chose the difficult one. Instead of protecting the power we have, we chose to position ourselves against the power that corrupts morality. We chose the struggle on the road, not the power at the end."