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The results of the March 31 local elections have shaken things up within the Justice and Development Party (AKP). President Erdoğan’s criticism of the party’s senior levels during the Central Executive Board meeting, and the subsequent leaks to the press, are almost unprecedented. Here, Erdoğan is clearly addressing the grassroots of the Party.

Following the defeat in the election, some within the AKP, who had been quietly expanding their personal wealth, suddenly turned into critics and started speaking out. So did those who sided with the Democracy and Progress Party (DEM) affiliated with the PKK terrorist organization during and after the elections in city of Van…