Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) former Şırnak deputy Faysal Sariyildiz assessing why Turkey has fallen into this political and economic crisis said: "The [American pastor] Brunson affair is the the tip of the iceberg of a crisis that has been growing for some time and is no longer sustainable." 

Turkish President Erdoğan, said the HDP politician to Mesopotamia Agency (MA), “is trying to stay in power through blackmail in a superficial world system. He has sought a relation with Russia and China for a while. While doing that, he tried to blackmail the US. And the US snapped back”.

Sarıyıldız added: “There is a crisis stemming from the defeat of Erdoğan's existing policies. The government is trying to drop responsibility to some other place, in order to not accept defeat. In other words, the game Turkey is playing is that of blaming the crisis on external causes”.

At the core of the crisis is the Kurdish question 

The HDP politician said that at the core of the crisis is the deadlock in the Kurdish question. "Erdoğan is trying to cover the real reason for the crisis. Kurds are at the center of the crisis. In 2016 some factions within the Erdoğan's government agreed on declaring war against the Kurdish people and the revolutionary circles and Alevis in Turkey. While Erdoğan was trying to do this, he committed crimes against humanity in Kurdistan. For the first time in the history of the Republic, the cities of Kurdistan have been removed from the map. The cost of these crimes are too heavy for Turkey. It is both a material and spiritual cost. Because great crimes were committed".

Reminding that the AKP came to power in 2002 with Western support, Sarıyıldız said: "Erdoğan tried to give a liberal image of Islam. Mr. Ocalan's significant efforts had largely alleviated war in Turkey. At that time, Turkey had become an attraction for the entire world and had become a place where capital flows. However, - said the HDP politician - despite all these positive developments, Erdoğan's government problems dragged the country into crisis. Erdoğan, who was defeated in foreign politics and domestic politics, did not accept his defeat and again turned against Kurds. Turkey has become a battleground again. And after that period, investors largely began to leave Turkey. The flow of money began to slow down”.

In order to address the crisis properly, said the HDP politician, “we have to go back to its roots, and this is the Kurdish question”.