The reaction to MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli's call for PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to "come to the TBMM, join the DEM ranks, declare that he has laid down his arms, and proclaim that terrorism has completely ended and the organization has been dissolved" also came from İYİ Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu. Dervişoğlu, who harshly criticized Bahçeli in the party group, threw a noose from the podium. BAHÇELİ REQUESTED THE THROWN NOOSEFollowing this move by İYİ Party leader Dervişoğlu, which took the political debates to another level, Bahçeli also made a surprising move. After listening to Dervişoğlu's speech, Bahçeli requested the noose from İYİ Party to hang it in his office. "HE MUST HAVE FELT THE NEED TO SHOW OFF"MHP Deputy Chairman Mevlüt Karakaya also commented on Dervişoğlu's noose throw, saying, "That noose was meaningful when it was thrown back then, it was something completely different. Its being thrown today has nothing to do with the context of that day. As I just said, after becoming the chairman, he must have felt the need to show off to his party, which he could not hold together." DERVİŞOĞLU'S QUICK RESPONSE TO BAHÇELİİYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu also gave a quick response to MHP leader Bahçeli's request for the thrown noose, saying, "He should hang my speech, not the rope, in his office. We defend republican values much more than nationalism. The rope is currently unknown where it is; one of the friends may have taken it. If it is found, I will give it to Devlet Bey if he wants." SENT THE NOOSE IN A PARTY BAGAfter his statement, Dervişoğlu sent the noose requested by Bahçeli to the MHP Headquarters. İYİ Party Chairman Dervişoğlu set a condition for the noose he sent in a party bag, asking for emphasis on the time of December 17-25.
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