President Erdoğan spoke at the Legislative Year Opening Meeting held with members of parliament at the AK Party Congress Center. Stating that they wanted the spirit of consensus formed around the framework law to continue in the new legislative year as well, Erdoğan said they would not shy away from dialogue on any issue, above all Terror-Free Türkiye. Criticizing the attitude displayed at the opening of Parliament, Erdoğan said he expected a more responsible tone from the opposition. He said he found MHP leader Bahçeli’s call for “competition in service, unity in independence, effort for the future” meaningful and thanked him.
Noting that Parliament has a busy agenda ahead, Erdoğan said they would use the next 10 months productively with their People’s Alliance partner. He stated that exports had risen from 36 billion dollars in 2002 to 284 billion dollars, breaking a record, and that in September inflation had fallen below 30 percent for the first time in the last 5 years, but that there was still ground to cover to reach the target. He emphasized that they would not compromise on their determination to protect the nation’s jobs and livelihoods.
Touching on the fund investigation, Erdoğan said those who obtained illegitimate gains would be held accountable in court, and that processes were under way to ensure citizens’ savings are paid without placing a burden on the public. Recalling the principle that “the only harbor of politics is morality,” Erdoğan stressed that they had not allowed corruption in 24 years.
Why it matters
The speech sketches both the political and economic map of the new legislative year in a single text. The emphasis on consensus standing side by side with harsh criticism directed at the opposition indicates that, under the heading of a Terror-Free Turkey, the government will manage dialogue and tension together; the emphasis on the 10-month calendar ahead also shows how tightly the Cumhur Alliance wants to keep hold of the Meclis agenda. Inflation falling below 30 percent for the first time in five years is a threshold for the economic program, but Erdoğan’s acknowledgment that there is still distance to the target implies that price pressure will continue to be felt in household budgets. His remarks on the fund investigation directly concern citizens who have savings; how the promise of payment without placing a burden on the public will be financed, and whether the process will set a precedent for similar cases, remain open questions. The emphasis on morality can also be read as a message delivered to the party’s own ranks amid the investigation.
Background
Erdoğan is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: in the last 90 days we have published 16 news stories featuring this name; the most recent is dated October 3, 2026.