Response to Ahmet Davutoğlu, who signaled a transition to the AK Party from Ali Babacan.

While the statements made by the Future Party's General President Ahmet Davutoğlu regarding whether he will return to the AK Party continue to be a topic of discussion; DEVA Party's General President Ali Babacan made striking statements during a television program he attended.

"THERE'S NOTHING CHANGING IN THE AK PARTY"

In the program he attended on Ilke TV, when asked whether he would join the AK Party, Babacan responded, "I think talking in hypotheticals confuses people's minds. If the AK Party were like this, if Mr. Erdoğan were to do that... With the people we have worked with for years... It didn't happen, it's not happening. We left because it wasn't happening. So what has changed that you will return? Right? What has changed? I have a declaration of will. Forget my name, there isn't even a declaration of will. I mean, by chance... You know, in Syria... There were right actions, look, it yielded results in the right actions. But the AK Party's Syria policy hasn't changed. There is no change in the AK Party's Syria policy. In fact, what do they say? They say we were right, right? There is no change in the AK Party's Syria policy either. It was right or wrong, the same issue," he stated.

"THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THAT IN THE DEVA PARTY"

"I mean, really, to prevent migration, we need to have military units there, and to protect Syrians against the regime's oppression, not just by bringing them to Turkey but also protecting them there, these are right actions, look," said Babacan, "I say I would acknowledge the rights of the government for what they did right, but there is no change there. Just because there is a new situation in Syria, can we return to the AK Party again? We don't have anything like that. There is nothing like that in the DEVA Party. There won't be," he added.

"WE'RE NOT CONFUSED OR ANYTHING"

Continuing his remarks, Babacan stated, "Because there are many areas of policy. And the root causes that were the main reason for our separation still remain. There is no intention to correct anything there. First, we need to see an intention. Then we need to see concrete steps so that... I can say, 'Is something changing?' There is not even a trace of that right now. Therefore, there is no point in discussing these things at all. There is no point in talking about meaningless things and confusing people's minds. As DEVA, we stand firm in our place and walk in the direction we know in accordance with our principles and values. Our direction is very clear. We are not confused or anything. We are walking in a clear direction. Because sooner or later, the truth finds its place. Sooner or later, the right reaches its target. This is our belief," he expressed.

WHAT DID DAVUTOĞLU SAY?

Future Party leader Davutoğlu, while meeting with members of the press in Konya, expressed that he had not 'emotionally' broken away from the AKP and later clarified his statements. In his statement, Davutoğlu said, "I said 'I have not broken away from the AK Party' to mean 'I have not broken away from the AK Party's masses,'" he stated.