Tense moments in Parliament... Vile slander against Turkish soldiers by DEM Party MP: Ayyüce Türkeş reacts

Tensions rose between DEM Party and IYI Party members at the Parliamentary Planning and Budget Committee.

'FIRSTLY, THE PERPETRATOR'S UNIFORM...'

DEM Party Muş MP Sümeyye Boz claimed that military personnel were involved in sexual abuse cases in the East and Southeast, stating, 'The crimes committed against women by village guards, soldiers, and specialized sergeants in this country are not isolated incidents. When we look at these cases, what is common? Firstly, the perpetrator's uniform; secondly, impunity; and thirdly, the province or region where the incident occurred.'

IYI Party Adana MP Ayyüce Türkeş Taş reacted very harshly to the speech by DEM Party's Boz.

'Shame on you, shame! No one can say this about the Turkish army, we do not accept it,' said IYI Party's Türkeş, responding, 'We do not accept it; how many female teachers were martyred. A pregnant woman was raped and martyred. Enough! I am the interlocutor, I am the interlocutor for the Turkish army, I am the interlocutor for the Turkish state. You cannot say it, you cannot say it, such a thing cannot happen.'

The argument between DEM Party's Sümeyye Boz and IYI Party's Ayyüce Türkeş Taş was reflected in the minutes as follows:

SESSION CHAIR NİLGÜN ÖK- We thank you, Mr. Aslan. Now it is Mr. Sümeyye Boz's turn to speak. Please, go ahead.

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş) - Mr. Minister, esteemed attendees; I greet everyone with respect.

As we move to the Ministry of National Defense budget, I actually want to express this: The continuation of conflict-era habits in Turkey in different dimensions is not limited to cross-border interventions or the inflation of military budgets. While this regime is a system of violence that operates within society, makes militarist ideology a norm of daily life, and is intertwined with male dominance, on the other hand, the crimes committed by uniformed perpetrators against women stand before us as a policy of systematic impunity. In this respect, the crimes committed by village guards, soldiers, and specialized sergeants against women in the country are not isolated, Mr. Minister. These crimes are born from the system, protected by the system, and left unpunished by the system. You remember, İpek Er in Batman was raped by a specialized sergeant and subsequently had to end her life. Gülistan Doku was disappeared in Dersim, meaning her file was locked due to police connections, Mr. Minister. In Hakkâri, Mr. Minister...

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- Shame on you, shame! No one can say this about the Turkish army, we do not accept it.

YÜKSEL SELÇUK TÜRKOĞLU (Bursa)- You executed half of the children in the mountains.

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş) - In Hakkari, Mr. Minister, women were lured into the network of prostitution rings connected to soldiers and village guards. These are all...

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- We do not accept it, how many female teachers were martyred...

SESSION CHAIR NİLGÜN ÖK- Please let us restore order.

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş) - Court decisions, statements, all documents are there, Mr. Minister.

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana) - A pregnant woman was raped, she was martyred.

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- We do not accept it.

SESSION CHAIR NİLGÜN ÖK- Ms. Taş...

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana) - Mr. Chair, we do not accept it, no.

SESSION CHAIR NİLGÜN ÖK- Ms. Taş, okay, okay, you have expressed your point, okay, please let us be calm.

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- No, she cannot say it about the Turkish army, she cannot say it about the Turkish soldier.

CAVIT ARI (Antalya)- The representatives of the army are not opening their mouths.

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş) - The interlocutor is here, I am talking to the interlocutor, you are not our interlocutor, our interlocutor is here, we will ask, we will talk together, we will learn, for God's sake.

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- Enough! I am the interlocutor, I am the interlocutor for the Turkish army, I am the interlocutor for the Turkish state.

SESSION CHAIR NİLGÜN ÖK- Esteemed friends...

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- She cannot say it, she cannot say it, such a thing cannot happen!

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş)- Mr. Chair, I would like you to take it back a little.

SESSION CHAIR NİLGÜN ÖK- Esteemed friends, please let us restore order.

Go ahead, continue, I will add time.

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş)- You also remember the disappearance of Gülistan Doku in Dersim and the locking of her file due to police connections. In Hakkari, there was an issue of women being lured by prostitution rings connected to village guards and soldiers. I want to ask, Mr. Minister, is it still possible to call all of these isolated incidents when looking at this picture, because when we look at these cases, what is common? Firstly, the perpetrator's uniform; secondly, impunity; and thirdly, the province or region where the incident occurred. When we look at these, these cover-up operations, the form of violence used in the relations between the state and society that we can call covert operations, Mr. Minister, did not occur as a byproduct; on the contrary, this violence feeds, legitimizes, and makes this violence untouchable.

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana) - How many women were killed, how many teachers, I said it just yesterday.

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş)- What does this picture show us, Mr. Minister? It shows the existence of a masculinity regime organized within the state, Mr. Minister. Because in this regime, a uniform is not just a piece of clothing. It is about suspending the law, lining up the state behind the perpetrator, and the threat of 'The state is behind me' ceases to be an ordinary sentence for this reason; this is the very essence of this system, Mr. Minister.

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- Shame on you, shame!

YÜKSEL SELÇUK TÜRKOĞLU (Bursa)- Of course, such speeches are normal, if you take them to the island, they will talk like this too.

YAVUZ AYDIN (Trabzon)- Chair, you will make her retract these words.

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş)- Mr. Minister, just yesterday on November 25, women wanted to march in Muş and what happened, Mr. Minister?

YAVUZ AYDIN (Trabzon)- You will make her retract those words.

NEVROZ UYSAL ASLAN (Şırnak)- There is a court decision, what will she retract!

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- What court!

YÜKSEL SELÇUK TÜRKOĞLU (Bursa)- That is individual, is it being said with its rank!

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana)- There is also a court decision regarding Apo.

SÜMEYYE BOZ (Muş)- Borders were drawn, barricades were set up, I am giving this Muş only as an example, Mr. Minister, the real issue here is the image, the attitude, the reflex that the regime revealed when women wanted to march, because when women wanted to march against violence...

AYYÜCE TÜRKEŞ TAŞ (Adana) - He killed 55 thousand people, there is a court decision.

YAVUZ AYDIN (Trabzon)- Do not make hand gestures, know your place!

YÜKSEL SELÇUK TÜRKOĞLU (Bursa) - You cannot speak with its rank.

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