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Müsavat Dervişoğlu on the ‘process’: ‘A voice from the people’s conscience cannot be provocation’

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • İYİ Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu rejected claims that critics of the “Terror-Free Turkey” process are trying to derail it.
  • He said a voice emerging from the public conscience could not be described as provocation, and called for Abdullah Öcalan to address parliament and declare his organization dissolved if he seeks legal benefits.

İYİ Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu pushed back against claims that people criticizing the “Terror-Free Turkey” process should be branded provocateurs.

They say that those who speak against this project are provocateurs. They say this means they are trying to sabotage the process, using expressions that go beyond their purpose.

· Müsavat DervişoğluHe criticized claims that opponents of the process are acting as provocateurs.

He said opponents were being accused of trying to sabotage the process, with some officials using expressions that went beyond their intended meaning.

Dervişoğlu said that if a provocateur was being sought in relation to the jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, Öcalan should come to the Turkish Grand National Assembly, speak from its podium, announce that his organization had been dissolved and benefit from the right to hope.

If a provocateur is being sought for the terrorist leader in İmralı, it means he should come to the Grand National Assembly, speak from this podium, announce that he has dissolved his organization and benefit from the right to hope.

· Müsavat DervişoğluHe described what he said would constitute provocation in relation to Abdullah Öcalan.

“The voice emerging from the conscience of the people cannot be provocation,” Dervişoğlu said.

The voice emerging from the conscience of the people cannot be provocation.

· Müsavat DervişoğluHe rejected the characterization of public criticism as provocation.
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