Response from CHP Spokesperson Yücel to Yapıcıoğlu: We will not give up on the republic or secularism just because a few bigots demand it.

CHP Spokesperson Deniz Yücel responded to HUDA PAR Chairman Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu's statement, "I said it one by one as if explaining to a fool. We say that it should not be the 4th article of the constitution." Yücel used the following words: "Let's explain it as if to a mentally challenged person. Just because a few Taliban-minded, reactionary, ignorant people want it, we will not give up on Atatürk, democracy, the republic, or secularism! We will not let a few scoundrels, remnants of Hizbullah, who try to exist politically by playing with the nerves of society, have the upper hand."

YAPICIOĞLU: I EXPLAINED IT AS IF TO A FOOL, WE DON'T WANT ARTICLE 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION

The words spoken by HUDA PAR Chairman Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu during a live broadcast the day before yesterday caused controversy. Yapıcıoğlu, stating that they do not want the 4th article, said, "I explained it one by one as if to a fool, yet they insist on not understanding. We say that it should not be the 4th article of the constitution. Let me say it again while looking at the camera. We say that it should not be the 4th article of the constitution."

CHP SPOKESPERSON YÜCEL: LET'S EXPLAIN IT AS IF TO A MENTALLY CHALLENGED PERSON

CHP responded strongly to Yapıcıoğlu's statement. CHP Spokesperson Deniz Yücel used harsh expressions in his statement on social media. Yücel said the following: "Let's explain it as if to a mentally challenged person!!! The 4th article, which protects the form and qualities of the state and is included in the 1924, 1961, and 1982 Constitutions, cannot be abolished just because reactionaries want it."

"YOU CANNOT SEPARATE SECULARISM FROM THE REPUBLIC, OR THE REPUBLIC FROM SECULARISM"

As the Republican People's Party, we respect everyone's beliefs and lifestyle. "Secularism Principle," which is your problem, is also the guarantee of freedom of belief. You cannot separate the Republic from secularism, or secularism from the Republic in Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's Turkey!

"WE WILL NOT LET A FEW SCOUNDRELS, REMNANTS OF HIZBULLAH, HAVE THE UPPER HAND"

To give up on the articles that protect the Republic and its Revolutions is to give up on the secular and democratic Republic of Turkey. Just because a few Taliban-minded, reactionary, ignorant people want it, we will not give up on Atatürk, democracy, the republic, or secularism! We will not let a few scoundrels, remnants of Hizbullah, who try to exist politically by playing with the nerves of society, have the upper hand!