07.11.2025 12:21
In an interview at the Haberler.com studios, Suat Kılıç, the Deputy Chairman of the New Welfare Party, responded to questions about current issues, stating, "Those who handed Öcalan over to Turkey planned for him to benefit from the right to hope one day while abolishing the death penalty. I see Öcalan being released, but I do not wish for it."
In an interview at the Haberler.com studio, Suat Kılıç, the Deputy Chairman of the New Welfare Party, answered questions from Olgun Kızıltepe and Melis Yaşar, making important statements regarding current issues.
"WE WILL NOT QUESTION BAHÇELİ'S PATRIOTISM"
Kılıç stated that they sent a representative to the National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy Commission established in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, saying, "We will not question Mr. Devlet Bahçeli's patriotism, love for the homeland, national pride, or nationalism. Mr. Bahçeli is a leader of a community, and we can express that he thinks good things for Turkey from his perspective and is making efforts to do good things. This also applies to Mr. President. But we say that if you do not take our concerns into account, they will weave a very big trap for Turkey. We cannot act by relying on the United States of America. During the years we trusted the United States, the PYD and YPG were trained and equipped by the USA. We cannot trust Israel. We cannot cooperate with Israel. We should never establish a strategic relationship, nor should we establish a technological relationship. Remember once upon a time. They gave us drones called Heron. We could not use the Herons in the fight against PKK terrorism because they did not provide us with the software. This is Israel," he stated.
WILL ÖCALAN BE RELEASED?
Continuing his remarks, Kılıç answered the question, "Will Öcalan be released?" by saying, "He cannot and should not be released. However, those who impose the abolition of the death penalty while handing him over to Turkey are the same ones who plan for him to be released from prison after serving 25 years. Let’s be clear about this. When Abdullah Öcalan is packaged and handed over to Turkey, you will abolish the death penalty, and you will keep this man alive. Those who impose on Turkey that the death penalty will not be applied are the same ones who removed the death penalty from the constitution and then from the Turkish penal code, and they are certainly aware of the conditions under which Abdullah Öcalan was handed over. Therefore, I know and see that the goal in the ongoing process is to release Öcalan, but I absolutely do not wish for that. Öcalan should not be released," he said.
REFERENCE TO SÜLEYMAN SOYLU
Kılıç expressed that the terrorist organization should be completely eliminated from the Middle East, stating, "In such an environment, all kinds of peace can be discussed. But until recently, didn’t our ministers fighting against terrorism say, 'The number of PKK members in Turkey has fallen below a hundred'? If the number of armed terrorists is below 100, why is it so meaningful and important for only the PKK to lay down its arms or be eliminated? Sometimes we think, together with our Chairman Dr. Fatih Erbakan, do they really not understand what we are saying? Do they understand but pretend not to? Or are we saying very outrageous things? Look, what we say is very clear; we tell this to our political counterparts. We support the process of a Turkey without terrorism, but we do not find it sufficient for the PKK to burn 50 Kalashnikovs in the foothills of Kandil," he said.