The Democratic Party withdrew from the ‘Terror-Free Turkey’ commission: “We declare that we are withdrawing from the commission against the mistake of going to the feet of terrorists, and moreover, due to the duty of representation given by the nation, to lead the nation to the murderers of their own children, to a traitor.”

DP Chairman Gültekin Uysal held a press conference at the Turkish Grand National Assembly together with his party’s Izmir Deputy Haydar Altıntaş. Uysal, regarding the ‘Terror-Free Türkiye’ process, "This process was started with the excuse of security threats. At the point we have reached today, other branches of the PKK have declared on many occasions that they will not lay down their arms under any circumstances. It should be reminded once again that it is not possible to move forward with this strategy put forward in the Republic of Türkiye. We witnessed that one person’s power was placed at the center of everything rather than Türkiye’s unity, peace and stability. There is no place for the AKP government and the People’s Alliance to go by rewarding ethnic separatist politics, and there is no place for the Turkish nation to go either. While the aim should be to remove the PKK’s tutelage from millions of our citizens, we believe that the targeted peace cannot be achieved by institutionalizing the PKK’s tutelage by changing its name and packaging, and by appearing before terrorist leader Öcalan." he said.

‘This time İmralı WILL BE THE STAGE OF THE MURDER OF THE CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION’

Explaining the reasons why the Democratic Party gave members to the National Solidarity, Fraternity and Democracy Commission, which was established within the scope of the ‘Terror-free Türkiye’ goal, Uysal said that they opposed turning terrorist organizations into indirect interlocutors. Docile, "At this point, the decision taken by the commission with the proposal of the AKP-MHP partnership; It has shown us that we cannot stand in the commission with a historical, conscientious and even national understanding. We declare that we are withdrawing from the commission because of the mistake of going to the feet of terrorists and, moreover, to lead the nation to the feet of a traitor, the murderer of their own children, due to the duty of representation given by the nation. Unfortunately, Imrali, where the national will in the person of our martyr Prime Minister Menderes was murdered 64 years ago, will this time also be the scene of the murder of the nation’s conscience." he said.

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