Erdoğan opens transfer season from opposition with 'Turkey Accord' call

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned badges directly on former opposition lawmakers and mayors at the AKP's 25th founding anniversary event; his 'Turkey Accord' call at the ceremony is being read within the party as the first signal of the political line for the coming period.

According to information obtained by Cumhuriyet from AKP sources, the party leadership is prepared to continue contacts with lawmakers and political figures from different parties following Parliament's start to the new legislative year. Party officials do not view these steps merely as a move to increase the number of seats in Parliament; they assess that two simultaneous messages are being delivered to the public: 'AKP is growing, opposition is shrinking.'

According to party officials, the 'Turkey Accord' rhetoric is not limited solely to the PKK disarmament process; it defines a broader political line aimed at reaching different political and social segments. Within this framework, analysts interpret the transfers as sending a message to both center-right and nationalist voter bases.

Since its first term in power in 2002, the AKP has shifted parliamentary arithmetic in its favor through transfers from other parties; however, a formalized transfer strategy under the name of 'accord' is being articulated this openly on the party platform for the first time at this scale.