“Minister Soylu ’humbled’ by reactions on resignation move”

 

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu shared a message on his Twitter account.

The Turkish interior minister on Monday welcomed the attitude of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the people of Turkey following his announcement of resignation.

Late Sunday, Suleyman Soylu announced that he was stepping down from the post, citing recent incidents ahead of a weekend coronavirus curfew across much of Turkey.

However, Erdoğan turned down Soylu’s resignation a few hours later. Turkey’s Communications Directorate said in a statement that Soylu “submitted his resignation to the President, and our President told him that he did not find the request suitable.”

Soylu said on Twitter that the attitude of Erdoğan and the Turkish nation, after his resignation move on curfew declaration, has “humbled” him.

"The shortcomings in steps taken under the trust of our state and nation have been accepted as human error and we assumed higher responsibility to repair the situation," he said.

He further added that his resignation decision was part of “responsibility” for incidents on Friday night in the narrow window between when the curfew was declared and it went into effect.

Soylu also vowed to continue serving the people of Turkey in his Twitter message.