Coup averted, the ex-ministers should get their posts back

With the vote in parliament late Jan. 20, the majority of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmakers put the final nail in the coffin of yet another coup attempt targeting the ruling party, and hence the national will.

By refusing to send the four former ministers - former Economy Minister Zafer Ça?layan, former EU Minister Egemen Ba???, former Environment and Urban Planning Minister Erdo?an Bayraktar and former Interior Minister Muammer Güler - to the Supreme Council in order to be tried on charges of bribery and corruption, the AKP parliamentary group members proved that they will stand tall, just like the party?s natural leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, against any attempt to topple the government and distress the ?New Turkey?s glorious march to the year 2023.?

Now the responsibility is on the shoulders of Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, who has been entrusted by Erdo?an to lead the cabinet when the president himself cannot. With the power vested in him by the lawmakers, and hence the people, the prime minister is obliged to end the suffering of the four ex-ministers and give their seats back. Reza Zarrab, the businessman around whom the whole plot was structured, is free of any charges and continuing his business as usual, buying new airplanes, etc.

So why should four politicians be the only victims of this dirty plan by the followers of the Fethullah Gülen Movement, aka the ?parallel state??

Isn?t it obvious that the cash found during the raids, the money transactions and the gifts given to the former ministers, the so-called evidence, were just made up by the police and the prosecutors who launched the operation? If you still had any doubt about corruption, the vote in parliament should have cleared the...