The Tehran Foreign Policy Studies Quarterly
 

An Exclusive Interview with Temel Karamollaoğlu the Leader of Felicity Party

An Exclusive Interview with Temel Karamollaoğlu the Leader of Felicity Party 
Temel Karamollaoglu was born in 1941 in Marash (Southeastern Turkey) and graduated in engineering from the University of Manchester in the UK. He is one of the Islamist political figures in Turkey with diverse experiences. He has been a member of the National Salvation Party، a several-time representative in the Turkish parliament، Turkey's representative in the Representatives Council of the European Parliament، the Mayor of Sivas، head of the Welfare Party Fraction in the Parliament and … Karamollaoglu is right now the chairman of the Felicity Party. This Islamist party is one of the active parties in Turkey's political arena. He is on the opinion that the West is hoping to make the Middle East insecure in order to weaken the resistance movement in front of the Israel. He also believes that the West tries to make it look like that Turkey's interference with Syria's affairs has been with the American approval and unsanctioned by the Turkish authorities and Kurdish groups of this country which has led to Turkey been seen as an occupier. Temel Karamollaoglu considers the only exit from the current regional challenges is to continue the talks، dialogues and negotiations. He regards Iran the Brother country and an important power in the region. He openly criticizes the good relations between Turkey's government and the Zionist Regime and believes that it current status should definitely change. Given that all the weaponry is in the hands of American terrorist groups which only meet the American interests، he analyzes the terrorist groups' approaches and emphasizes on the Islamic countries' devotion to convergence. The Tehran Foreign Policy Studies Quarterly had a visit with this accomplished politician and discussed the regional and global changes with him.

 


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