22.12.2025 12:10
The words of Ümit Dikbayır, the Sakarya MP who was expelled from the İYİ Party and joined the CHP, have sparked controversy regarding the DEM Party MPs. In a program, Dikbayır criticized the planned legal regulations following the PKK's dissolution, stating, "There are already enough terrorists in the Parliament." After these remarks, the program's host asked whether the statement was directed at the DEM Party MPs. Dikbayır responded, "Of course, I am saying that."
The words of Ümit Dikbayır, the Sakarya MP who was expelled from the İYİ Party and joined the CHP, regarding the DEM Party MPs have sparked controversy.
"THERE ARE ALREADY ENOUGH TERRORISTS IN THE PARLIAMENT"
In a program he attended, Dikbayır made very harsh statements regarding the legal regulations on the agenda while discussing the process of a Turkey without terrorism. Criticizing the planned legal regulations following the PKK's dissolution, Dikbayır stated, "They say some of them should come and do politics. There are already enough terrorists in the parliament." After these remarks, the program's host asked whether the statement was directed at the DEM Party MPs.
"OF COURSE I SAY IT"
In response to the host's question, Dikbayır clearly expressed that his words targeted the DEM Party MPs, saying, "Of course I say it. What else is it when a terrorist wants freedom under the poster of Abdullah Öcalan?"
GÜRSEL TEKİN: WILL THE CHP MANAGEMENT REMAIN SILENT?
Gürsel Tekin, the CHP Istanbul trustee, reacted strongly to Dikbayır's remarks. Tekin stated, "What political mind is it that labels the representatives of a party that has unconditionally supported CHP candidates since Muharrem İnce's presidential candidacy as terrorists? Is it reason, or reckless arrogance? Will the CHP management, which demands freedom for Selahattin Demirtaş for the sake of social peace, remain silent in the face of this imported MP's openly divisive and provocative words? Remember the disciplinary process applied to Hasan Ufuk Çakır. Will you apply the same criteria to this political abuse directed at the MPs of a party represented in the parliament? This is not just a matter of a word; it is a test of the republic, democracy, and political conscience. Silence is approval. History does not forgive those who say, 'I did not see'."