18.11.2025 18:51
The leader of the MHP, Devlet Bahçeli's statement "I will go to Imralı" was responded to by the General Chairman of the Key Party, Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, in the Haberler.com studios. He stated, "I have reached a point where I can no longer speak. Everything we have heard, done, and aspired to in this past year since his call for Öcalan to come to the Parliament is evident. It is reasonable for him, as the initiator of the process, to conclude it this way in terms of his consistency."
MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli made a striking statement in his speech at the party group, saying, "If necessary, I will go to Imralı." While the echoes of these words continue, a noteworthy response came from Key Party Chairman Yavuz Ağıralioğlu regarding the issue.
In a response to questions from News Director Olgun Kızıltepe and Melis Yaşar in the News.com studios, Ağıralioğlu stated, "I have reached a point where I can no longer speak. I rarely find myself at a loss for words, but every day I encounter something that makes me feel more embarrassment than astonishment, and more hesitation than embarrassment, wondering if we should refrain from discussing this any further. He is consistent within himself. Everything we have heard, done, and aspired to in this one-year period since he called Abdullah Öcalan to the Parliament is evident. It is reasonable for him to conclude this process in such a manner, given that he initiated it," he expressed.
Highlights from Ağıralioğlu's statements;
"Since you are talking about the right to hope, you are the one who should go to Öcalan. I mean, if you can talk about the right to hope with a murderer who has killed our children for 41 years, if you can call him a founding leader, and if you can say this at the grave of Alparslan Türkeş, then you represent a will that has previously stated the exact opposite; since you are the person who has expressed the sharpest feelings and the strongest statements of Turkish nationalism against terrorists, and since you have reversed every word you have said in these 40 years that express the existence of the Turkish nation, if you can call Öcalan a founding leader, a terrorist the right to hope, and say that a terrorist organization is behaving responsibly... If you can say all of these... And since you have not yet explained to your nation why you said these things, you must have decided to explain this to Öcalan, which is why you are going to him. If you see that as appropriate for yourself and your current political will, then go ahead and meet him.
"I AM ABOUT TO TURN TO PRAYER"
Then come and explain what Öcalan meant in the parliament. He probably goes to say that Öcalan wanted to convey this, we met with Öcalan, and this is what he wanted to say. I believe that in the coming days, there will be something else that we might say is unacceptable. I think Devlet Bey will take two or three friends with him, and he will go. Then he will meet and explain what Öcalan meant to his nation. May God protect us. May God protect him, and through him, the Turkish nation, Turkish nationalists, our state, and our struggle. There is nothing more to say. I am about to turn to prayer. May God grant us wisdom, insight, direction, and sharp awareness. I do not want to say anything from my own world or my own heart anymore. I do not want to speak ill. But this seems to be a conscious choice. It is consistent within itself. I mean, the one who talks about the right to hope and calls Öcalan a founding leader goes.
"I CONSIDER ÖCALAN'S BEING ADDRESSED AS AN INSULT TO KURDS"
However, I consider the Parliament's engagement with Kandil and Öcalan as an insult to the Parliament. I consider opening a topic called the Kurdish issue and addressing Öcalan as an insult to Kurds. I consider Öcalan being regarded as a representative of Kurds as a slander against our 40-year struggle. I consider engaging with Kandil and gathering around a commission that would address Kandil as an insult to politics. I do not find any of these correct. I do not see them as legitimate. There is only one thing, one positive thing. Do you not want a Turkey without terrorism? We want it, sir. We want a Turkey without terrorism. But we want to achieve a Turkey without terrorism through our state will, national unity, law, legislation, and our development will. We want a Turkey without terrorism. We are disturbed by relying on terrorists. We want a Turkey without terrorism. We believe that Öcalan is not a counterpart for a Turkey without terrorism. If it was possible through dialogue, if it was possible to talk with Öcalan, then all our statesmen and politicians, including Devlet Bey, must explain why they did not talk before. If it was possible to talk with Öcalan, then why did you not talk during the 25 years of this 41-year terrorism that occurred during this government? Therefore, why did you not talk before? Why did you insult those who spoke before? Why did you pass the last election by insulting Öcalan? Now, why have you flattered Öcalan? You must explain what you intend.
"WITH TERRORISTS WHO HAVE NO WEAPONS LEFT TO SURRENDER..."
Look, weapons were supposed to be surrendered, and surrender locations were to be arranged. Surrender locations were to be specified, and the process was to be managed by intelligence. Can İbrahim Kalın make a statement? They put weapons in 30 cartridges. Other terrorists crossed into Syria. A lot of videos were shared with their weapons. Where are the weapons that were supposed to be surrendered? Everyone says that there are no terrorists left to surrender in Turkey. You have already dealt with them. Did we lose to talk to them? Have we been defeated by the terrorist organization that we decided to talk to? Who are these people? You said there were only 50-60 left. How did you surrender the dignity of the Republic of Turkey, with its 40-year struggle, its parliament, its politics, and the steel will of Turkish nationalism to 50-60 remaining terrorists? You will explain this to us. Why did you do it? You shouted from your own mouth that there were only 60 left... Why did you surrender politics, the state, the nation, and our struggle to terrorists who have no weapons left to surrender, or why did you sit at the table with them as if you had been defeated? You will have to explain this. If you do not do it today, you will have to do it tomorrow.
"IF SOMEONE TOLD US WHAT OUR EARS HEARD, WE WOULD THINK WE WERE DREAMING"
We are being told by Devlet Bey that we need to behave as responsibly as the PKK... I mean, the PKK is behaving responsibly. The PKK is behaving very responsibly during this process. We are advised to behave as responsibly as the PKK. If someone told us what our ears heard, we would think we were dreaming. Now we hear all of this, and we are trying to fit all of it into something. I cannot fit this into my heart, my state, our politics, our struggle, the price we have paid, and with our families who mourn their children at their graves, with those we have left behind. That is why I say may God protect the dignity of our state, may God preserve the mental peace of our nation, and may He grant us a sense of relief. Otherwise, if they continue a little longer, we will really lose our mental peace. May God protect the state and the nation.