Hürriyet Daily News published an article by Murat Yetkin devoted to the ongoing political crisis in Turkey. The article was headlined "Gül wants to convince Erdoğan to compromise."
"The weekly game of power chess in Turkey has started with the opening move by President Abdullah Gül, which could either cool down the government-judiciary crisis triggered by the major graft probe, or deepen it further if things don’t unfold as he expects," the article reads.
"Gül’s move was to call all four party leaders with a group at Parliament in order to get their views about how to resolve the crisis, which has now spilled over into Parliament after Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) submitted a draft law to secure more political control over the justice system. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Devlet Bahçeli of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Selahattin Demirtaş of the Kurdish problem-focused Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and PM Edoğan in evening hours met Gül, one by one, in the presidential palace on top of Çankaya Hill in Ankara,"teh author writes.
"With Gül’s intervention, it seems that political actors have shown their intention to take part in the play, if there is indeed one to stage. It is for PM Erdoğan to decide whether there will be a new move on the chess board of Parliament. Gül clearly wants to convince his long-time fellow Erdoğan that a compromise could be in the best interests of his government and the country. But it is not certain how Erdoğan will respond all those moves, keeping in mind that Turkey has two, possibly three, elections coming this year," the article reads.
