CHP's Günaydın on Akşener and Can Atalay: 'Did anyone hear these words?'

CHP Group Deputy Chairman Gökhan Günaydın held a press conference at the Parliament.

Günaydın made evaluations regarding the stripping of imprisoned TİP MP Can Atalay's parliamentary status.

Günaydın stated the following:

Unacceptable dialogues between the Court of Cassation's 3rd Criminal Chamber and the Constitutional Court. In the past, Numan Kurtulmuş waited for the rights violation ruling to avoid falling into the same situation as Mustafa Şentop.

"BEKİR BOZDAĞ'S TRACK RECORD IS CLEAR"

Is the Parliament an agency for reading out court rulings? He did not have it read out to avoid falling into this situation. This decision hit the walls of the TBMM as a correction from the Court of Cassation. It was not just the Speaker of the Parliament, but all members of parliament who should have opposed this. The AKP and MHP groups had no concerns or regrets. So, what did the Speaker of the Parliament do? When the Court of Cassation resisted the ruling, meaning Article 153 of the Constitution was clearly violated, what did the Speaker of the Parliament do? He said, 'Let's time it so that Bekir Bozdağ is the Deputy Speaker here and I am abroad at the same time.' You made this 'perfect' timing. And you are in the UAE. So I ask. I don't feel the need to ask Bekir Bozdağ anything. Bekir Bozdağ's track record is clear, and what he has to do today is clear. But Numan Kurtulmuş, are you avoiding responsibility by hiding in the UAE while having this decision read out?

"ARE YOU AN ORDERLY FOR THE AKP?"

Yesterday at 14:45, we held a meeting behind the Presidential Council. He said, 'I will have this decision read out.' We said; what are you telling us, are you trying to present us with a fait accompli by saying this 5 minutes before the Parliament opens? And how does the AKP Group Deputy Chairman get the authority to say on television channels at 11:30 that we will have the decision read out? Are you an orderly for the AKP Group Deputy Chairman? Or are you a Deputy Speaker? These are heavy questions. One should not be left under the weight of these questions. Despite all this, he stated that he would have the decision read out.

CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSIONS

Closed session discussions were held. We tried to keep a matter that was going to be rushed through in 5 minutes on the agenda of the TBMM and the political agenda of Turkey for 2.5 hours. When the closed session turned into an open session, procedural discussions were held. The TİP was able to make one speech.

"THE COURT OF CASSATION HAS NO SUCH RIGHT"

We see a political discourtesy here that will not give the TİP another word. Does the Court of Cassation have the authority to write a letter to the Parliament? What is the Court of Cassation doing this time? It is giving instructions to the Parliament. The Court of Cassation has no such right.

"DID ANYONE HEAR THESE WORDS?"

The clerk gave the Court of Cassation's decision and asked for it to be read. Did anyone hear these words? Did it reach the print and visual media? At that moment, the decision read by the clerk was not heard amidst the noise of the deputies. Therefore, legally, there is no decision that has been read. Today, at the TBMM session that will open, we will submit our procedural objection to the Parliamentary Presidential Council stating that this reading did not take place and that the reading should be considered legally void. We will also see the attitude of the Parliamentary Presidency.

Deputy Speaker Bekir Bozdağ, after the proceedings, amidst the noise and booing, said; 'Since I see that I cannot find the opportunity to work, I am closing the General Assembly.' What does Article 68 of the Internal Regulations say? It says if calm cannot be restored, first take a break, and if it cannot be restored, close the Parliament.

Therefore, there is a clear illegality here. Let's say something more explicit. Şerafettin Can Atalay, who should be engaged in legislative activities in the TBMM, is a convict in Silivri. It is a deep Constitutional crisis. This framework has removed Turkey from being a Constitutional state of law.

The scale you have tampered with will one day weigh you too. We do not want Turkey to be in such chaos.

Günaydın also responded to the claims by İYİ Party leader Akşener that billboards for IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu were being blocked.

"İYİ PARTY FULFILLS THE REQUIREMENTS AND PROMOTES ITSELF"

Günaydın stated the following:

We continue our stance of not opposing the opposition. The İYİ Party decides for itself where it stands. Our people, our nation, are now tired of agreements between parties. We are the executors of a Turkey Alliance. We are showing our people what is happening. Our people are already noticing this.

The principles and rules regarding how a poster is to be hung, and commercial relations are clear. Those who fulfill the principles of this trade hang them in many outdoor environments managed by the private sector. Neither the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, nor the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, nor the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has the situation to control all the outdoor spaces and posters of Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir.

The İYİ Party also fulfills these requirements. It promotes itself.