Ahmet Hakan's take on 'Bahçeli': 'Those who interpreted the ring were right'

Hürriyet Editor-in-Chief Ahmet Hakan, in his column today, drew attention to the 'ring' message following the statement written yesterday by MHP Leader Devlet Bahçeli, which referenced the Erdoğan-Özel meeting and the visit by Ayşe Ateş.

"HE SENT A MESSAGE WITH THE RING"

While Hakan expressed, “The thought that 'he is sending a political message through the ring' did not even cross my mind,” he added, 'However, as it turns out... Those who attributed meaning to the ring, those who drew messages from the ring, and those who interpreted the ring were right. Seeing the parallel between the written statement Bahçeli made yesterday and the message on the ring... I arrived at the point of saying, 'So Bahçeli did send a message with the ring.'

'ONE CAN CONCLUDE THAT BAHÇELİ HAS CUT TIES'

Regarding Bahçeli's statements, Hakan said the following:

"As for Bahçeli's written statement...

It contains such sentences that...

One could conclude that 'Bahçeli has cut ties,' one could interpret it as 'Bahçeli continues his support for Erdoğan,' one could say 'Bahçeli has passed the ball to Erdoğan,' or one could say 'Bahçeli wants to put Erdoğan at ease.'"

"I PRAISE ÖZGÜR ÖZEL AND TAYYİP ERDOĞAN"

Regarding the Erdoğan-Özel meeting, Hakan wrote:

For that magnificent, super, and tremendous photo they gave at the CHP Headquarters, without paying any attention to the discord of the type, "What is behind this? Who knows what they are planning?"...

I PRAISE THEM.

For their courage to carry out this great meeting, which even those who say, "Polarization is very bad, brother. They are straining the country more and more," watched with a bit of bitterness and did not applaud wholeheartedly...

I PRAISE THEM.

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In a process where handshaking and talking have been forgotten, where opposing sides have become accustomed to firing at each other, and where coming together was a dream... Because they shattered all the conventional wisdom...

I PRAISE THEM.

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Without paying any attention to the disapproval coming from their own bases... Without fearing the negative reactions coming from their own supporters... Because they insistently, stubbornly, and by taking risks, spoke of normalization and softening...

I PRAISE THEM."

News Source: 12punto