US EditionErdoğan Ally Calls for Freeing Öcalan, Demirtaş in Peace Push with PKK - Turkish Minute
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“Our decision is clear until Anatolia returns to peace, Öcalan to hope, Ahmet to his position, and Demirtaş to his home.” MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli concluded his address to his party's parliamentary group with this sentence. In fact, Bahçeli had previously stated that: • PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan could benefit from the "right to hope" under the European Convention on Human Rights; • The government should withdraw the appointed trustees who repl…
Journalist Murat Yetkin revealed that he had a brief conversation with MHP leader Bahçeli following his speech today, which has become a topic of discussion, and asked him about the "right to hope." Yetkin reported that Bahçeli said, "From now on, it's up to the government."
Erdoğan ally calls for freeing Öcalan, Demirtaş in peace push with PKK - Turkish Minute
A nationalist politician whose party helps keep President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in power said Tuesday that Abdullah Öcalan, jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), should be given a legal path toward release and that jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş should return home, in remarks that also pointed to reinstating Kurdish mayors removed from office, amid Turkey’s new peace initiative with the PKK.
Bahçeli rules out early election, cites Öcalan and Demirtaş
Devlet Bahçeli on Tuesday rejected renewed calls for an early election and closed his parliamentary group speech with a line linking Turkey’s current political debate to a set of high-profile Kurdish-related issues: “Until Anatolia returns to peace, Abdullah Öcalan to hope, the Ahmeds to office, and Selahattin Demirtaş to his home, our decision is clear.” Devlet Bahçeli (today): “Until Anatolia returns to peace, Öcalan (right) to hope, the Ahme…
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel spoke at his party's group meeting in Kahramanmaraş on the 3rd anniversary of the February 6 earthquakes. He reiterated that Erdoğan kept the military in barracks out of fear of a "coup," causing people to lose their lives under the rubble. Özel said, "We will sit crooked and speak straight. You know how when it was suggested to 'remove the army,' a consultant in the Palace said, 'It's easy to remove the army from the bar…
“Our decision is clear until Anatolia returns to peace, Ocalan hope, Ahmetler office and Demirtaş nest until Anatolia returns to peace, Ocalan hope, Ahmetler office and Demirtas nest,” MHP General Chairman Devlet Bahçeli said in his speech at the TBMM Group Meeting.
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