President's Chief Advisor Mehmet Uçum: The parliamentary seat cannot be reinstated by reading the Constitutional Court's decision.

President's Chief Advisor Mehmet Uçum: The parliamentary seat cannot be reinstated by reading the Constitutional Court's decision.

20.04.2025 23:40

President's Chief Advisor Mehmet Uçum commented on the reading of the Constitutional Court's decision regarding Can Atalay, a convicted individual from the Gezi trial whose parliamentary membership was revoked, stating, "In our system and in the Constitution, there is a procedure for the revocation of parliamentary membership through the reading of a finalized conviction. There is no alternative. The parliamentary membership cannot be reinstated by reading the Constitutional Court's decision, nor can it be returned."

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President's Chief Advisor Mehmet Uçum stated regarding the reading of the Constitutional Court's decision on Can Atalay in the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM), "In our system and in the Constitution, there is a procedure for the loss of parliamentary membership through the reading of a finalized conviction. There is no opposite. In other words, parliamentary membership cannot be reinstated by reading the Constitutional Court's decision, nor can it be returned."



Mehmet Uçum made statements on social media regarding the reading of the Constitutional Court's decision about Can Atalay, who was stripped of his parliamentary membership due to the Gezi trial.



"WE ARE MAKING MOVES UNDER ERDOĞAN'S LEADERSHIP"



In a statement made on his X account, President's Chief Advisor Mehmet Uçum said, "We said we would develop democracy through law under President Erdoğan's administration, and we did what was necessary before April 16, on April 16, and afterwards, and the will for reform continues. We said we would build and develop the law of democracy, and we are making these moves under President Erdoğan's leadership, and even more comprehensive actions will be taken.



Regarding a Turkey without terrorism, we have implemented the state initiative under the leadership of President Erdoğan and the guidance of Mr. Bahçeli. We announced that when the goal of a Turkey without terrorism is achieved, a very strong reform of the law of democracy will be made, and it is seen that this progress will be realized," he said.



"THEY CONSIDER LAWLESSNESS AS OPPOSITION"



Uçum wrote, "But they consider lawlessness as opposition. They practice corruption, irregularity, and lawlessness as politics. They are trying to destroy the law of democracy with illegitimate actions, which is a new generation imperialist project. They compare the actor of corruption and all kinds of lawlessness to one of the greatest leaders in political history, President Erdoğan. Then they try to exploit that person to create space for themselves. They complain about Turkey to countries that are the focal power of global imperialism, and they show no limits in their shamelessness regarding mandatorial politics. They boast about these approaches that are enemies of the rule of law and the people," he stated.



"PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERSHIP CANNOT BE REINSTATED BY READING THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S DECISION"



Uçum concluded the discussions about Can Atalay with the following statements: "Now they are trying to murder the law. They are staging a pirate demonstration against the law of the Assembly and the Constitution. In our system and in the Constitution, there is a procedure for the loss of parliamentary membership through the reading of a finalized conviction. There is no opposite. In other words, parliamentary membership cannot be reinstated by reading the Constitutional Court's decision, nor can it be returned. There is no such provision, no such rule, no such procedure. Moreover, the decision read is a decision stating 'there is no place for a decision,' meaning there is no decision at all.



The parliamentary membership of a person whose membership has been lost due to a finalized conviction can only be eliminated by the annulment of the finalized decision and the notification of this situation to the TBMM. Only the court that made the decision can do this. Is there such a situation? No, there isn't. The state and the nation will never allow those who try to murder the law to pass. Our Assembly, which has been a Gazi twice, will not fall for these games. The state will not forgive those who appear to be on Turkey's side in one way or another while targeting the administration and the judiciary, acting as agents-provocateurs; it will first record them and then take necessary actions."

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