Press Release
[الْأَخِلَّاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقِينَ]
"Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous" [Az-Zukhruf: 67]
(Translated)

As a result of the investigation into the process of corruption and bribery on Tuesday, 17/12/2013, which included politicians and businessmen in Turkey, 89 people were arrested, including the sons of the Interior Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of Environment and Urbanization, businessmen, the Mayor of Fatih district and his assistant, the bank manager, and many workers in the public services. While 65 people were released after the investigation; 24 people were arrested on charges of corruption and bribery.

Prime Minister Erdogan has been dodging and deceiving the people for 11 years until this day under the pretext that he would always fight corruption, bribery, and  those who encroach on the money and property of the people; and that he will hold accountable anyone who receives or offers bribes. Yet these politicians despite their knowledge that the basis of the capitalist system is colonialism and attaining wealth through illicit means, they have presented themselves to the people as infallible  statesmen  clean of every sin, and hid their true filthy side. They also have conducted false alliances with the group and associations based on interests, to maintain their power and maintain the dominance of U.S. policy on Turkey. As a group and party faithful and subordinate to the United States, they marketed the Alliance of Civilizations and the Dialogue between Religions and the moderate Islamic thought to Muslim countries. And they have exerted every effort and worked night and day to sedate Muslims with these false ideas. Currently, both the group and the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) are paying the price of this dirty alliance with the United States.

Corruption and bribery has been associated with the managers of the ruling Justice and Development party (AK Party), which the Turkish people know as an Islamic party, and their sons are seen as Muslims because of the Islamic identities of the managers.  This way the managers have undermined the Islamic identity which is contrary to what should be done by an Islamist group; of applying the obligation of enjoining of good and forbidding of evil but instead they turned towards material gains according to the capitalist system and the struggle for living and craved for the worldly pleasures.

O Executives! You claim that you sacrificed yourselves for Allah's sake! Why did you not get angry at the oppression and the Kuffar while the blood of Muslims is shed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Syria? Why did you not complain to Allah regarding the injustice of the treacherous, oppressive rulers controlling the fate of Muslims? Why did you not curse the American Kuffar, the enemies of Islam and Muslims? Why were not these hands raised to Allah for this reason? Why did you not raise your hands to the sky to request the victory for the Muslims? Why did you separate your problems from those of the Muslims? Why did you not call for the Unity of the Muslims in the face of the Kuffar?

O Executives! Why did you work to destroy the Muslims sentiments of brotherhood and friendship that does not shake nor weaken or collapse? Why did you form a structure based on interests with corrupt links? Why did you not exert your effort to implement Islam and the Shari'a rules sent by Allah to the worlds as you have exerted effort for the survival of your authority and to maintain your ministerial positions? In Islam is the honour and glory to humanity. In the ailing democratic capitalist system there is nothing serve humiliation,

[الْأَخِلَّاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا الْمُتَّقِينَ]

"Close friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous" [Az-Zukhruf: 67]

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir
in Wilayah Turkey