The speech made by MHP General Chairman Devlet Bahçeli at his party's group meeting created a bombshell effect in the political agenda. Bahçeli said regarding the terrorist organization PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, "Let him come and join the DEM benches in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and declare that he has laid down his arms, and proclaim that terrorism has completely ended and the organization has been dissolved." Following Bahçeli's call, a striking claim began to be discussed in Ankara's backstage. It was alleged that Öcalan's nephew, DEM Party Şanlıurfa Deputy Ömer Öcalan's application to visit İmralı was accepted. Journalist Hande Fırat shared regarding the issue, "The application for the İmralı visit was made a long time ago by his nephew Ömer Öcalan. There is currently no official statement, but the information received indicates that permission for the visit has been granted. It is expected soon." DEM PARTY DENIED THE ALLEGATIONSDEM Party sources denied the allegations that Şanlıurfa Deputy Ömer Öcalan would be allowed to meet Abdullah Öcalan at İmralı Prison. DEM PARTY DECIDED TO MONITOR THE PROCESSOn the other hand, following Bahçeli's call, the DEM Party Central Executive Board (MYK), which convened extraordinarily, decided to "carefully monitor the process."
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