Erbakan visits Destici for election and constitutional change talks

Fatih Erbakan, the chairman of the New Welfare Party (Yeniden Refah Partisi), met with Mustafa Destici, the leader of the Grand Unity Party (Büyük Birlik Partisi), accompanied by senior party officials. The hour-long meeting at the BBP headquarters was described as both a condolence visit for Destici's brother, Halil Nural Destici, who recently passed away, and a congratulatory visit following Destici's re-election as party leader at the BBP's 13th Ordinary Congress.

During the discussions, both leaders exchanged views on the political landscape in Turkey and globally. Destici expressed gratitude for the visit and the BBP's long-standing dialogue with the National Outlook movement and its successor parties, citing the examples of the late Necmettin Erbakan and Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu as models for cooperation. He highlighted that this tradition of collaboration continues today.

"Our goal, like both our parties, is for Turkey, the Turkish nation, the Turkish and Islamic world, and our brothers and kin living in this world to live a more peaceful, secure, happy, and fully free life," Destici stated. He emphasized the pursuit of a life where both the state is independent and free, and individuals enjoy all freedoms, particularly freedom of belief.

Destici also addressed regional conflicts, condemning the "genocide" in Gaza and recent insults against Islam. He expressed satisfaction with reports of an agreement between the U.S. and Iran, with a signing reportedly scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland. "We do not want war in our region," Destici declared, specifically referencing an unbalanced conflict where the geography and Muslim brethren are losing.

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Tabii iki savaş var bölgemizde. Rusya-Ukrayna savaşı yavaşlasa da Gazze'de İsrail'in yaptığı soykırımı bir kere daha lanetliyoruz. İslam'a saldırıları, işte en son Hollanda'nın eski başbakanının ifadeleri ve çirkin küfrünü de tabii lanetliyoruz, geri iade ediyoruz.