12.05.2025 11:40
The process that began with MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli shaking hands with DEM Party members on October 1, 2024, accelerated with Öcalan's call for disarmament. Subsequently, the İmralı meetings and political contacts intensified. The DEM Party delegation announced Öcalan's message to the public on February 27, 2025. Here is the step-by-step process of a 'Terror-Free Turkey'...
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The terrorist organization PKK convened a congress months after Öcalan's call to 'lay down arms' and announced today that they have laid down their arms. Here are the details of the 'Terror-Free Turkey' process that began with MHP leader Bahçeli shaking hands with DEM Party members at the opening of the new legislative year...
OCTOBER 1, 2024: BAHÇELİ SHOOK HANDS WITH DEM PARTY MEMBERS
MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli went to the DEM Party benches after the opening ceremony of the new legislative year of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Bahçeli's handshake with members of parliament, including DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan, DEM Party Group Deputy Chairman Sezai Temelli, DEM Party Van MP Pervin Buldan, and DEM Party Ağrı MP Sırrı Sakık, made headlines.
OCTOBER 22, 2024: BAHÇELİ MADE A CALL TO 'IMRALI'
MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli made a striking statement regarding terrorist leader Öcalan during a group meeting, saying: "If the isolation of the terrorist leader is lifted, let him come and speak at the DEM Group Meeting in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Let him unilaterally declare that the terror is over and that his organization will be dissolved."
OCTOBER 23, 2024: ÖMER ÖCALAN WENT TO IMRALI
Following the developments, the first meeting with PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan took place after 43 months. The meeting was held by his nephew, DEM Party Şanlıurfa MP Ömer Öcalan.
OCTOBER 29, 2024: ERDOĞAN SENT A SUPPORT MESSAGE TO BAHÇELİ
President Erdoğan sent a support message to Bahçeli, stating: "As long as we keep the internal front strong, neither terrorist organizations nor the evil forces that feed and fatten them will achieve their goals." He added: "In the national struggle, no one asked their friend walking side by side whether they were Kurdish, Turkish, or Alevi."
NOVEMBER 26, 2024: BAHÇELİ SAID 'LET DEM MEET IMRALI'
Bahçeli called on the DEM Party to meet with Imralı, and on the same day, the party applied for a meeting.
DECEMBER 28, 2024: DEM PARTY DELEGATION WENT TO IMRALI
DEM Party MPs Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan met with PKK leader Öcalan on Imralı Island.
JANUARY 2, 2025: DEM PARTY DELEGATION WENT ON A TOUR OF POLITICAL PARTIES
DEM Party Van MP Pervin Buldan, Istanbul MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder, and Ahmet Türk, the mayor of Mardin who was appointed as a trustee, formed the Imralı delegation and conducted their first round of meetings with political parties represented in parliament and the New Welfare Party.
JANUARY 11-12, 2025: DEM PARTY DELEGATION VISITED DEMİRTAŞ AND YÜKSEKDAĞ
The DEM Party delegation visited Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ to explain the Imralı meeting.
FEBRUARY 15-16-17, 2025: DEM PARTY DELEGATION WENT TO NORTHERN IRAQ
The DEM Party's Imralı delegation went to Northern Iraq after their meetings with PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. The delegation met with KDP President Mesut Barzani in Erbil.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025: IMRALI CALLED ON PKK TO LAY DOWN ARMS
The long process came to an end. The DEM Party delegation, which went to Imralı for the third time, read the written call of terrorist leader Öcalan.
Öcalan, who said 'PKK must dissolve', stated, "In this climate, I am calling for the laying down of arms and I take on the historical responsibility of this call."
MARCH 1, 2025: PKK ANNOUNCED THAT IT ACCEPTED ÖCALAN'S CALL
After terrorist leader Öcalan's call to the PKK to "lay down arms and dissolve," the expected happened. In a statement from the PKK, it was said, "We agree with the content of the call and we declare that we will comply with and implement the requirements of the call from our side. We declare a ceasefire effective from today." The terrorist organization also demanded that Öcalan preside over the congress for the dissolution and be released.
APRIL 10, 2025: ERDOĞAN MET WITH THE DEM PARTY DELEGATION
President Erdoğan received the DEM Party Imralı delegation at Beştepe. Pervin Buldan and Sırrı Süreyya Önder were present in the delegation, and the meeting lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes.
MAY 9, 2025: PKK ANNOUNCED THAT IT CONVENED A CONGRESS
DEM Party Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan stated that it was only a matter of time before the terrorist organization PKK announced that it had convened a congress. Shortly after this statement, the terrorist organization PKK announced that the congress had been convened. The lack of a statement regarding the dissolution decision drew attention. Pervin Buldan made a statement saying, "May it be good for all of us."
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