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DEM Party Rejects Alevi Intellectuals’ Criticism: “We Do Not Accept It”
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DEM Party Rejects Alevi Intellectuals’ Criticism: “We Do Not Accept It”

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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  • Turkey’s DEM Party said Abdullah Öcalan had made no assessment of an alleged proposal involving a “Yavuz Sultan Selim, İdris-i Bitlisi alliance.”
  • The party rejected claims that Alevis were being presented as opposing the process.

Turkey’s DEM Party rejected criticism from Alevi intellectuals over an alleged proposal attributed to Abdullah Öcalan. The party said Öcalan had made no assessment in that context.

The disputed proposal was described as a possible “Yavuz Sultan Selim, İdris-i Bitlisi alliance.” DEM Party said the claim did not represent Öcalan’s position because he had made no relevant evaluation.

Öcalan has made no assessment in this context.

— DEM PartyThe party denied that Abdullah Öcalan had commented on the alleged alliance proposal.

The party also objected to portraying Alevis as opponents of the process. In its statement, DEM Party said, “It is unacceptable to try to show Alevis as being against the process.”

It is unacceptable to try to show Alevis as being against the process.

— DEM PartyThe party rejected the portrayal of Alevis as opponents of the process.
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