19.11.2025 05:00
After the statement by MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, "If necessary, I will go to İmralı," a new development has occurred. MHP Deputy Chairman Feti Yıldız stated that a vote will be held on the matter in the Terror-Free Turkey Commission on Friday, saying, "This Friday, the commission will meet at 2 PM with the agenda of going to İmralı. Following that, we will go to İmralı as soon as possible."
After MHP Leader Devlet Bahçeli's statement at his party's group meeting, "I can take three friends with me, I have no hesitation or reluctance to go to Imralı with our own means, nor do I shy away from meeting face to face around a table," a new development has occurred.
"A VISIT TO IMRALI WILL BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE"
MHP Deputy Chairman Feti Yıldız stated that a vote will be held on the matter in the Terror-Free Turkey Commission on Friday, saying, "Then, a visit to Imralı will be made as soon as possible." Yıldız also mentioned, "This Friday, the commission will meet at 2 PM with the agenda of going to Imralı."
BAHÇELİ: IF NECESSARY, I WILL GO TO IMRALI
The statements made by MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli at his party's group meeting have made headlines. Bahçeli, who stated that the National Solidarity, Brotherhood, and Democracy Commission, which will hold its 17th meeting today, is now in the final stretch, said, "The legal, legal, and democratic framework that is on the agenda to be prepared, which must be covered by the sensitivity of the nation-state and sovereign rights, is the common opinion and decision of all of us for the roadmap of the upcoming process. It is also possible to establish and determine the delegation that will go to Imralı from now on. The ongoing discussions about whether to go to Imralı or not should be put to an end."
Bahçeli also expressed that he could go to Imralı with the following words: "If the goal of a Terror-Free Turkey is to find life and ground in honest and sincere measures, there will be no sense in dragging our feet about going to Imralı. If direct contact is not established with one of the main interlocutors of the process, how will results be obtained, how will progress be made? If the commission established in the Parliament cannot make a decision in this context, if no one is willing to undertake this visit, if everyone insists on playing the three monkeys, I openly say; I can take three friends with me, I have no hesitation or reluctance to go to Imralı with our own means, nor do I shy away from meeting face to face around a table. I will not blink in the dark, I will not delay, I will say whatever I have to say boldly, looking directly into the eyes of my interlocutor."
DEM PARTY: IT IS COMMENDABLE
DEM Party Co-Chair Tuncer Bakırhan responded to MHP leader Bahçeli's statement, "If necessary, I will go to Imralı." Bakırhan said, "It is extremely important and commendable. To say that if the commission does not go, I will go shows the courage to take a historic responsibility. The Parliamentary Commission must make its decision and go to Imralı without losing a single day."