SABAH- Columnist Sedat Sertoglu writes on recent political developments in Turkey. A summary of his column is as follows:
In politics, a thick cloud of uncertainty hangs in the air. The number of deputies in the coalition parties taken together fell below the critical number of 276. This is a situation where the government should resign in accordance with the rules of democracy, and what is more, wit the rule of ethics. However, there are those who silently continue their work within this turbulent atmosphere. One of them is the Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Committee... Turkish and Armenian specialists who had stopped their meetings for a while due to a conflict, met in Bodrum last week away from curious eyes... We believe that they have made important decisions in the meeting which took place in a very positive atmosphere. The request for the meeting had come from the Armenian side. Leaving this issue aside and returning to Ankara, we see that the Motherland Party (ANAP) claims that it is sincere on the EU and election issues. An official from ANAP stated that Nejat Arseven, who is the chairman of the Reconciliation Committee Interparties, has begun to visit all political parties with a text prepared on EU issues. He is asking their views, and next week ANAP will be in the Parliament as the party which undertook the responsibility of the EU issue. If the other parties accept the text prepared as it is, the Parliament can convene on July 22, and if they ask to work on it a little more, on Aug. 1. If they are sincere in the opinions they have expressed, these bills will be passed. It is interesting for ANAP to begin working by undertaking political responsibility. It is praiseworthy behavior. The only party whose stance is clear is the Nationalist Action Party (MHP). The others all seem to be in favor of Turkey’s entrance into the EU. One must, wonder what will they do under these circumstances? Who will have what kind of conditions to vote in favor of the EU bills?

SOURCE: OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER, DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF PRESS AND INFORMATION