MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli speaks while seated at his party's group meeting: Only lawyers will attend the Sinan Ateş trial

MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli made statements at his party's group meeting.

It was noted that Bahçeli delivered his speech while seated at the group meeting.

Devlet Bahçeli announced that as of July 1, MHP deputies will be in their respective electoral districts.

Highlights from Bahçeli's statements are as follows:

FIRES IN DIYARBAKIR AND MARDIN

"I wish a speedy recovery to our citizens affected by the stubble fires between Diyarbakır and Mardin on June 20, and I pray for God's mercy upon those who lost their lives. The generous hand of our state will be extended to our people who have suffered grievances. I would like to share on this occasion that, as the MHP, we will be following the process. The causes of the fire will undoubtedly be determined. One must be a little patient in this regard. Whoever uses the stubble fire as an excuse to vent their hatred is a registered opponent of Turkey. In the statement made by the Diyarbakır Bar Association on June 22, it was stated that a criminal complaint had been filed against those who made insulting posts about our Kurdish-origin brothers and sisters. No Turkish citizen can be involved in such a gross mistake. No Turkish citizen with a conscience can stand on the sidelines or in the vicinity of such a divisive conspiracy. The individual perpetrators of the black campaign circulated on social media cannot be seen as children of this nation. However, the goals and objectives that the Diyarbakır Bar Association wants to keep alive with its sharp and commissioned statement cannot be overlooked. The provocateurs who want to set fire to our thousand-year-old brotherhood by taking advantage of the stubble fire are more or less known. It is a national duty for all of us to disrupt their malicious games.

The goal that the Diyarbakır Bar Association wants to keep alive with its commissioned statement cannot be overlooked. The provocateurs who want to set fire to our thousand-year-old brotherhood are more or less known. Disrupting their game is a national duty that falls to all of us. To grab the collar of those who emerge one by one from the holes they entered in murky weather to reap rent and expand the field of lies is the existential purpose of national morality and justice. Those who exploit our Kurdish-origin brothers and sisters are in the open with all their ugly faces.

'ECUMENICAL' DEBATE

At the Ukraine Peace Summit, Turkey's sovereignty law and the relevant provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne were ignored. The borders of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople are clear. Although he is administratively affiliated with the Fatih District Governorship, the elected patriarch is also a Turkish citizen. There is no city called Constantinople within the borders of Turkey. The legality and legitimacy of the Ecumenical title do not exist. All those who claim otherwise are lovers of Byzantium. No one has the power to turn Istanbul into a 2nd Vatican.

'THE PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE WILL CONTINUE ON ITS PATH WITH DETERMINATION'

The People's Alliance is the spiritual root of the Turkish nation and will continue on its path with determination. The true power of democracy lies in the effort to reason over various points of view. Our minds are occupied with the nation's agenda. If we say yes to the release of Osman Kavala and the terrorist Demirtaş, to the establishment of a terrorist state, to the disregard of our national rights in the Eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus, to the acceptance of division as natural, and to the shelving of the Century of Turkey goals, if we lower our voices, if we send a message saying 'go ahead, do whatever you want,' it is inevitable that we will be worse off than anyone else.

RESPONSE TO ÖZGÜR ÖZEL

If we had bowed down to this and that, if we had buttoned our jackets and hidden from bullets, bombs, and murderous calculations, I ask you, what would we have said to our martyrs? How would we have looked each other in the face? Some television channels and sold-out columnists go to bed with the MHP and wake up with the MHP. The chairman of the CHP, who aspires to be their spokesperson by giving them all kinds of political support, is also throwing stones at our castle walls. My valuable friends, whom this person systematically accuses and attacks by saying 'those two people,' are my fellow idealists and respected names of our party. If the CHP Chairman looked at the enemies of Turkey lurking to his right and left instead of our two friends, he would be in a more consistent and balanced behavior. Even a single one of our fellow idealists will be enough for all of them.

SİNAN ATEŞ TRIAL

They tell 40 lies on one foot to associate our party with the aforementioned murder trial that will begin on July 1. We know very well who is colluding with whom and what is being said here and there. We cannot have our cause judged according to the whims of 3-5 looters. We cannot have the MHP and the Idealist Hearths (Ülkü Ocakları) questioned at the instigation of the puppets wandering around. Is it thought that we do not see that they are trying to intimidate us? One cannot compete with the MHP. Only our lawyers will attend the trial on July 1; no one else will be present. Let whoever knows anything present it to the court, and we shall see the truth of it all.

SUPPORT FOR ARDA GÜLER

Our national team beat Georgia in its first match and lost to Portugal in the second. Tomorrow evening, our children will sweat against Czechia. First of all, I must express that whether they win or lose, whether they make it out of the group or not, I kiss them all on the eyes with longing. Our children are representing Turkey in the best way possible. I have followed the gossip on social media and the discussions about our child Arda Güler. As Arda shared, it does not suit a Turk to stop. I hope that our lions will leave the Czechia match with a victory."

BAHÇELİ FELL ILL, JOURNALISTS REMOVED

It was observed that Devlet Bahçeli, who started his party's group meeting late today and delivered his speech while seated rather than standing, had difficulty walking.

During this time, an argument broke out between the journalists who wanted to take footage and MHP Ankara Provincial Chairman Alparslan Doğan.

Here are those moments:

The moments when MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli had difficulty walking after the group meeting drew attention

In addition, there was interference with the journalists who wanted to take footagehttps://t.co/I4DHBbEJ76 pic.twitter.com/Ytg1Xq0ile

— 12punto (@12puntocomtr) June 25, 2024

MICROPHONE REMAINED ON

In the video shared by Gazete Pencere, it was seen that Bahçeli had difficult moments while leaving the hall after the group meeting.

It was heard that Bahçeli said, "Are we going out from here?" into the microphone that remained on, and an MHP figure replied, "From here, sir. Hold on, sir, slowly. Get up yourself."

Here is that footage:

MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli had spoken while seated at his party's group meeting

Microphone remained on: Are we going out from here?https://t.co/I4DHBbEJ76 pic.twitter.com/ghz0w9Vsfv

— 12punto (@12puntocomtr) June 25, 2024

JULY 1 STATEMENT FROM AYŞE ATEŞ

Following MHP leader Bahçeli's announcement that he would follow the Sinan Ateş trial, which will be heard on July 1, through his lawyers, Sinan Ateş's wife Ayşe Ateş said the following in a post on X:

"The MHP will attend the political murder trial regarding the killing of Sinan Ateş, the former Chairman of the Idealist Hearths, at the level of their lawyers. Well, why? They are not complainants. They have also repeatedly stated that they are not defendants. I am sure that the public is asking the same question as I am: Then what are you doing in Sincan?"

News Source: 12punto