From Bahçeli: Comparison of Müsavat Dervişoğlu to "Sülün Osman"

The debate between MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli, who caused a wide public reaction with his historic call to İmralı, and İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu is heating up.

DERVİŞOĞLU'S WORDS HAVE CREATED A GREAT CONTROVERSY

Bahçeli responded to İYİ Party leader Dervişoğlu's remarks during his party's group meeting last week, where he said, "I am addressing them from here: My respect is not for you, but for the chair you sit in. Because I know the first and true owner of that chair. I hope you consider the respect I have shown you until now as a tribute to the true owner of that chair. This much is enough for you; more would not suit me anyway. We know who has been spinning you like a top."

BAHÇELİ'S "SÜLÜN OSMAN" COMPARISON

In today's meeting of the MHP, MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli made a comparison of Dervişoğlu to "Sülün Osman."

"NO TRAITOROUS ATTEMPT WILL BE TOLERATED"

Bahçeli's statements are as follows: "Is there anyone who does not know that those who speak of the right of the sword without knowing what it is are actually concerned about the right of the pocket? No one should be curious; the 'Sülün Osman's of politics should not shy away from trickery; as long as the Nationalist Movement Party and the People's Alliance exist, no traitorous or hostile attempt that will divide one into two, separate the Republic of Turkey from its founding philosophy of 1923, or abolish the unitary national state will be tolerated, cannot be tolerated, and will not be tolerated."

"THOSE WHO KNOW US, KNOW; THOSE WHO DON'T, KNOW LIKE THEMSELVES"

We are still where we are. We have been what we say for 56 years. We are not so unconscious as to compromise our line and principles. To show even the slightest deviation from Turkish nationalism, which is rooted in the Turkish-Islamic ideal, is to open our intellectual honor to debate, which is a catastrophe for us. Turkishness is the badge of honor of our existence. The Turkish nation is our human dignity and will, to which we are proudly connected. It is the immense trust we cherish over a thousand years of brotherhood. Those who know us, know; those who don't, know like themselves.