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Former AKP İstanbul MP Ahmet Hamdi Çamlı had previously made headlines by describing 1923, the year the Republic was proclaimed, as a "bloody coup."
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In a controversial social media post, Çamlı targeted the Republican regime, stating, "A noble nation and a great state with an ancient history cannot advance on the path to a new, terror-free, and great state without settling accounts and seeking reconciliation regarding the bloody 1923 coup."
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While this statement drew reactions from broad segments of society, the CHP filed a criminal complaint against Çamlı and called on prosecutors to take action.
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Before the controversy subsided, Çamlı made another statement that drew backlash. In a poll he conducted on his social media account regarding Abdullah Öcalan, he asked, "Can the CHP leadership, which produces Öcalans, make the historic repentance that PKK leader Öcalan has made?"
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In response to one of the reactions under this post, a user wrote, "The baby-killing traitor who murdered 50,000 people will repent, and you will boast about it. May God damn you."
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Çamlı replied to this message by saying, "Yours slaughtered 50,000 babies, elderly, and women, Alevis, just in Dersim..." once again targeting the Atatürk era.
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Ahmet Hamdi Çamlı's posts, both regarding the "1923 coup" and the "Dersim massacre," have drawn significant backlash on social media.
News Source : 12punto