The leader of the Nationalist Action Party (MIP) and government partner of the President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip ErdoganDevlet Bakhceli, hinted that his party would agree to the conditional release of the leader of the Kurdish armed group PKK, Abdullah Ocalanif it publicly renounces armed action in the National Assembly and calls its members PKK hand over your weapons.
Speaking to the MHIRP Parliamentary Group, the political body of the nationalist Gray Wolves, the Devlet Bakhceli said: “If everyone agrees on a policy, a country and a future without terrorism, then we are ready to move forward. Let’s leave the terrorist leaderwho declared himself ready to provide any type of service when brought to Türkiye, unilaterally declare that terrorism is over and the organization was released».
“There are many people who have not yet understood my appeal”, continued the president of the far-right MIR, and formulated his proposal “for the elimination of terrorism in the Turkish Century”, as he said, as follows: “If isolation of the terrorist leader is raised, let him come and speak at the group meeting of the (pro-Kurdish) People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) in the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Let him declare that terrorism is completely over and the organization has been disbanded. If he shows itthat the path to legal regulation be open, in order to exercise the “right to hope”.
the term “right to hope” in the jurisprudence of Turkish courts, it refers to the possibility of early release under restrictive conditions for prisoners who have been sentenced to a prison sentence, provided that they have demonstrated good behavior and have served a certain part of the sentence. Parole aims to reintegrate the prisoner into society and ensure that the sentence has a reformative function.
THE Abdullah Ocalan He has been detained since 1999, in solitary confinement, on the island of Imrali, in Propontis, serving a life sentence.
Devlet Bakhceli’s first move, which was interpreted as an initiative to resolve the Kurdish issue, was on October 1, when, during the opening ceremony of the new legislature in the National Assembly, he shook hands with the leadership of the pro-Kurdish party DEM, which is still accused of supporting terrorism and is a political branch of the PKK.
In a first reaction to Bakhceli’s position, President Erdoğan, speaking to AKP party officials, stated that “We cannot accept those who have problems with our national anthem and those who undermine our democracy”, alluding to pro-Kurdish circles, “whether they are lovers of terrorism disguised as bar associations, lawyers or journalists”. However, indirectly supporting Bahtceli’s statement, he added: “We hope everyone understands that there is no place for terrorism in Turkey’s future. We want this window of history to open so as not to be a victim of calculations.
In principle support for the Bakhtseli proposal provided by the chairman of the main opposition party, the Kemalist Republican People’s Party (CHP), Ozgur Ozel. “If the bloodshed in Türkiye stopsIf there are no more tears in mothers’ eyes, if peace comes to the country, we appreciate what is said in this context. We will fully support an end to terrorism.”
On his side pro-Kurdish DEMto which Bakhtceli’s proposal is addressed, the co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish party Tulai Hatimogulari stated that “if we want to start, the lifting of the isolation (of Ocalan) must be done immediately. We are ready to take the initiative for an honest peace .” He also noted that “the interlocutor for peace in the Middle East and Turkey is Mr. Abdullah Ocalan, who is under heavy isolation in Imrali.”
Source: AMPE