'Don't be the tambourine player of the wedding house'

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Key political debates also played out in the parties' group meetings yesterday. In his speech this week, MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli again targeted CHP leader Özgür Özel and criticized the DEM Party for the slogans chanted in Parliament last week. Following his Kurdish initiative, Bahçeli now offered the message of an " Alevi initiative," saying that cemevis should be houses of worship. DEM Party Co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan responded to Bahçeli, outlining his party's demands. CHP leader Özel, in turn, responded to Bahçeli and criticized Erdoğan.

In his assessment of the peace process, MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli addressed the Democratic Movement Party (DEM) without naming them, saying, "We must avoid bringing maximalist demands to the agenda. It is not right to call our martyrs young corpses." Devlet Bahçeli called for the removal of obstacles to cemevis becoming places of worship and the reopening of military hospitals.

Bahçeli, who also criticized CHP Chairman Özel with harsh words, continued: "The CHP Chairman spoke to us last week, shaking his finger at us. I wish him peace. However, I would like to remind you that Mr. Özgür's ugly politics, which he pursues by embracing slander, have no value in our eyes. Mr. Özgür's path is not the right path."

Speaking about the new peace process, Bahçeli said, "There is absolutely no room for exuberant slogans within the Turkish Grand National Assembly. We must avoid bringing maximalist demands to the agenda. It is not right to call our martyrs young corpses. Because martyrs are not corpses."

YOU CANNOT STAY IN POWER

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, speaking at his party's parliamentary group meeting, responded to Bahçeli's remarks, "A broken arm is left in its sleeve." Özel said, "Erdoğan, the broken arm is ours, the broken heart is ours, those whose families are being threatened are our friends." Recalling the committee's work in Parliament, the CHP leader said, "This matter cannot be sacrificed to the peer solidarity of a few people over the age of 80."

Highlights from Özel's statements are as follows: "Mr. Devlet Bahçeli openly stated the approach of his governments and their alliances on this matter today in the parliamentary group meeting. He said, 'We want the arm to be broken, but we want it to remain in the sleeve.' One cannot believe what one hears and sees. Mr. Bahçeli, Mr. Erdoğan, the broken arm is ours, the broken heart is ours, the dignity attacked is ours, those humiliated are our friends, those whose families are threatened are our friends. But you say, 'Your arm should be broken, but we want it to remain in the sleeve.'" In this country, there are broken arms, holes in our pockets, holes in our pockets, people are poor, and justice is flawed, yet you want your own system to continue. Mr. Bahçeli, you say, "Let Tayyip Erdoğan's circle drink the cranberry sherbet." But you want us to vomit blood and say, "We drank the cranberry sherbet." Look, you declared us terrorists just because we were greeting each other in Parliament with a political party that received 6.5 million votes in Türkiye.

RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT WORDS

There's a self-centered approach to power that makes every concession to stay in power. Erdoğan is deeply disturbed by the resulting image. He says, "I've never bowed down or been bent over anything in my political life." Let's recall a few of Mr. Erdoğan's unwavering stances.

A call came from Trump. Pastor Brunson found himself at the White House this afternoon. Every time Trump comes to mind, he says, "How did he give it to me? He's a pastor." Erdoğan has a very vertigo-inducing stance. To the pro-government press that dances to Israel 's drums and pipes while 67,000 Palestinians are being massacred, I say to you: you have neither local nor nationalism, no conscience, only flattery, only flattery. What was signed is not a peace agreement, but a ceasefire agreement.

The Democratic Party (DEM) Party responded to Bahçeli's statement that "we must avoid maximalist demands." Co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan said, "Our demands are not exaggerations; they are the minimum standards that should exist in a modern democracy."