İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu commented on KOZA TV about the investigation launched against Ahmet Davutoğlu on charges of insulting the President. Noting that statements used in politics can later be employed for strategic purposes, Dervişoğlu argued that the government was conducting investigations into certain individuals to exonerate itself.
Dervişoğlu also addressed the investigation into Melih Gökçek, criticizing the opposition for embracing the process without considering its strategic dimension. He said the allegations concerned Gökçek’s daughter-in-law and son acquiring property in Germany and that, despite the existence of files prepared against Gökçek, he had not been prosecuted over them. He stated that the investigation was intended to send the message, “We even prosecuted him.”
Stating that he did not know the scope of the Davutoğlu investigation, Dervişoğlu claimed that the developments were aimed at securing Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s re-election. Dervişoğlu said that the steps being taken, including a constitutional amendment, served this purpose and that the İYİ Party would not participate in arrangements that would strengthen one-man rule, but could discuss a constitutional arrangement that would ensure a return to a parliamentary democratic system.
Why it matters
Dervişoğlu’s remarks frame the investigations into Davutoğlu and Gökçek not as isolated judicial proceedings, but through the claim that the government is seeking to preserve its political position and steer the debate over the constitutional order. This approach highlights where the İYİ Party draws the line on potential constitutional amendments and the divergence of views within the opposition. However, Dervişoğlu’s statement that he had no knowledge of the scope of the Davutoğlu investigation indicates that his assessment of the process rests on limited grounds. The absence from the text of the phrase “accursed organization,” which appears in the headline of the report, also requires readers to distinguish between the framing used in the headline and the statements presented in the text. This discrepancy leaves open the question of which part of the report is based directly on the source.
Background
The president is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we have published 8 reports mentioning this name in the past 90 days; the latest is dated 2 September 2026.