It Seems Only Erdogan's Voice Matters in Turkey

The fact is that Erdoğan’s intervention in daily affairs is not limited to the Central Bank. He also recently announced that he was going to convene the cabinet on March 9, for a second time, after the first time on Jan. 19. As soon as Davutoğlu announced two economic reform packages for transparency and urbanization in January, Erdoğan slammed them in a meeting with AK Parti executives, in the absence of Davutoğlu himself, who has so far failed to submit them to parliament. Erdoğan and Davutoğlu’s difference of opinion on the resignation of former National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Chief Hakan Fidan, to become a candidate for the AK Parti in the June 7 elections, was made public by Erdoğan himself, which had the secondary effect of slowing down the Kurdish peace process. Right after Davutoğlu’s PR campaign following the Turkish military’s recent Süleyman Şah Tomb operation in Syria, Erdoğan announced a second cabinet meeting. Perhaps he was trying to show everyone who’s boss.