Erdogan is Angry Because He Fears Now

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared war on Hurriyet, the newspaper that I am working for. 

But why did Erdogan get angry suddenly?

I'll give you the answer:

For years, we have been publishing stories against the AKP programme to Islamize the politics in the country, undermining its secular principles and risking our democracy. The leadership of AKP didn't seem uncomfortable because of such criticism.

I found the reason a couple of years ago: This was an inefficient method for the opposition, as such a discourse cannot be popularized easily; because most of the people in Turkey still believes that the AKP conservatism is actually "good" and it just cannot be concluded by a "fully theocratic state".

After the recent Constitutional Court decision, I wrote here that the opposition tactics would (and should) change and we must concentrate on the corruption cases against AKP. 

For the last few months, from the Saban Disli Case to the Deniz Feneri Incident, several corruption scandals were unfolded by various Turkish media outlets. 

Unlike the Islamism accusations, these corruption allegations are making AKP lose the confidence of its voters. 

Throughout the political history of Turkey, all governing parties have been overthrown by the popular vote because of such corruption cases.

PM Erdogan knows it and now he reacts furiously like a Sultan, proving that he is really the one who should be blamed about these corruption allegations of the legal case in Germany. Hurriyet, as the most powerful newspaper in Turkey, is naturally his first target.

On the other hand, emphasizing the freedom of press, Aydin Dogan, the owner of Hurriyet, showed that the media still act on a solid, legitimate ground. It seems that the EU is also behind the Turkish media now.

All in all, I see the latest crisis as the end of the AKP rule and the re-establishment of the Turkish democracy through the independent press against the media apparatus of the government.