17.03.2025 18:10
The spokesperson of the AK Party, Ömer Çelik, announced that the Nevruz Festival will be celebrated in Istanbul. Çelik stated, "On March 21, we will hold a program at the Haliç Congress Center with the participation of our president. During this chaotic period, Nevruz will be celebrated as an ancient commemoration, conveying a message of brotherhood to the entire region."
AK Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik addressed the cameras following the KYK meeting. The decision announced by Ömer Çelik regarding the Nevruz Festival drew attention.
NEVROUZ WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH A PROGRAM ATTENDED BY PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN Spokesperson Çelik stated that the Nevruz Festival will be celebrated in Istanbul with a program attended by President Erdoğan. Çelik said, "We celebrate Nevruz as the herald of spring everywhere from the Turkish World to the Balkans. In this context, we will hold a program with the participation of our president at the Haliç Congress on March 21. During this chaotic period, Nevruz will be celebrated as an ancient commemoration in terms of brotherhood messages for the entire region." he expressed.
Highlights from AK Party Spokesperson Çelik's statements are as follows:
It is clear that every event in Syria affects us. Unfortunately, as a result of an attack by some groups affiliated with Assad against the legitimate government days ago, some incidents occurred. As a result of these events, there were conflicts. We have seen that some factions trying to trigger chaos immediately took action here. There have been attacks against our Alevi brothers, which we are extremely saddened about, and there have been fatalities. We express that we condemn the attacks and those who carried them out.
"WE CONDEMN THE ARMED ATTACK IN SYRIA" From the moment the incident occurred, we made the following assessment: The armed groups we know as remnants of Assad carried out an attack against Syria's legitimate government. We condemn this armed attack.
"POLITICAL SECTARIANISM IS A GREAT POISON" We always adhere to the principle that Syria belongs to Syrians. The massacres committed by Assad cannot be attributed to the Alevis in Syria. The massacres committed by ISIS cannot be attributed to the Arabs and Sunnis in Syria. Each of the sects is a highly respected school of thought. However, political sectarianism is a great poison. Nevertheless, we have seen that some CHP deputies have tried to distort our statements in a very wrong way in order to target us, attempting to shift the issue elsewhere.
The number of these deputies does not exceed a few. While we refer to the groups that have drawn weapons against the legitimate government as remnants of Assad, they have entered into a propaganda that suggests we are calling the Shia and Alevis there remnants of Assad. This is a lie. They tried to gain a political leverage from here. What they have done is nothing but a primitive political sectarianism that harms brotherhood there. All our statements regarding those we refer to as remnants of Assad are recorded. The terrorists who carried out this attack are those who have re-organized with armed groups remaining from the Assad era and acted as proxy forces of certain states.