12.04.2025 12:01
It was claimed that the DEM Party presented 13 demands during a meeting with President Erdoğan. Among the demands were items such as "legal arrangements for the disarmament of the PKK" and "the release and reinstatement of mayors who have been removed from their positions." Following the shocking allegation, DEM Party spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan denied the claims that 13 demands were communicated to Erdoğan.
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An important meeting took place in Ankara after 13 years. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received the DEM Party delegation within the scope of the "Terror-Free Turkey" process. The meeting, which took place at Beştepe, was attended by MIT President İbrahim Kalın, AK Party Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala, and DEM Party members Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan. The meeting, which started at 1:30 PM, lasted for 1 hour and 25 minutes.
In a written statement made by the DEM Party after the meeting, it was stated, "The meeting we held with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his delegation took place in a very positive, constructive, productive, and hopeful atmosphere for the future. The importance of the current stage of the process was confirmed, and the next steps were evaluated mutually. It was expressed that a period without violence and conflict, where the democratic and political sphere will be strengthened, is of vital importance for our country, our citizens, and our region. Our delegation and our party will continue to work with a stronger will and care to realize the Call for Peace and Democratic Society in the upcoming process. At this point, we are honored to inform the entire country that we are more hopeful than yesterday. We express our gratitude to all political parties and social groups that have contributed to the process with their proposals, warnings, and criticisms so far."
DEM Party member Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who was present at the meeting, said, "It was a very positive meeting. We are much more hopeful."
"LEGAL STEPS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE PROGRESS OF THE PROCESS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO HOPE"
After the meeting, DEM Party Co-Chair Pervin Buldan spoke to a TV channel, stating that the meeting would accelerate peace and solution efforts, and noted that contacts would continue with both political parties and relevant state institutions in the upcoming process.
Buldan announced that they planned to visit Imralı to convey the developments that occurred on April 10, and also stated that they would request an appointment from the Ministry of Justice to strengthen the legal basis of the process.
"We are determined to take the necessary legal steps for a democratic and peaceful solution. We plan to meet with the Ministry of Justice next week. Keeping dialogue channels open is the key to social peace," Buldan continued her remarks as follows:
"Legal steps are needed for the progress of the process, especially the right to hope. I believe that steps will be taken on these issues soon. It will be problematic for the process to progress without the Parliament taking responsibility. We will meet with the Minister of Justice next week regarding legal steps."
Buldan also emphasized that the Parliament needs to take a more active responsibility for the process to progress healthily, stating that they would continue their political contacts to implement the necessary legal regulations.
THE 13 REQUESTS OF THE DEM IMRALI DELEGATION
According to a report by Başak Kaya from Sözcü, it was claimed that the DEM Party Imralı Delegation made 13 requests during their meeting with Erdoğan. Here are those items…
1. Öcalan's isolation should be lifted. Freedom of communication should be guaranteed.
2. A special law should be enacted for the disarmament process of the PKK.
3. The principle of equal and free citizenship should be guaranteed by law.
4. A draft law for Democratic Transformation and Peace should be prepared.
5. Sick prisoners should be released.
6. A special commission with authority should be established in the Parliament for the peace process.
7. The Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey should prepare a consensus text by consulting with all political parties.
8. The practice of trustees in municipalities should end.
9. The mayors in prison should be released, tried without detention, and reinstated.
10. Proposals for the right to hope should be brought to the agenda.
11. Barriers to freedom of organization should be removed.
12. The current Anti-Terror Law should be amended.
13. The decisions of the European Court of Human Rights and the Constitutional Court must be implemented.
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