By Onur Sinan Güzaltan Turkish politics is once again undergoing an upheaval. It all began when Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the largest nationalist party in the country and the coalition partner of the ruling government, proposed that Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the PKK terrorist organization, be allowed to address Parliament to call ...
On December 28, Members of Parliament of the DEM Party met with Abdullah Öcalan in his prison on Imrali Island. The day after, on December 29, the Vatan (Patriotic) Party Central Executive Committee convened and has decided unanimously to declare the following statement to the State of the Republic of Türkiye, the Turkish nation and the world public opinion. Below, ...