MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli made important statements at the “57th Year with Glory” themed program held at Ankara ATO Congresium.

Here are the highlights from Devlet Bahçeli’s speech:

Dear Gray Wolves, who are the epitome of nobility, courage and wisdom, I salute you all with utmost respect, in the mirror of the 57-year-old principle of the Asenalar Nationalist Movement Party and the state of being united as one with its country. I welcome all of you and welcome you.

I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the flowers he prepared and sent on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the Nationalist Movement Party.

We have left behind 57 years of history with our independent conscience, peace-loving mentality and tremendous commitment to Turkish History and Culture.

We swallowed the dust of decades, but we did not swallow the treacherous games. We did not expect anything in return for serving our nation. We became friends in our love. We loved this country unconditionally. We loved every person of our nation for God’s sake and held them tightly to our hearts. Because we believe that God is closer to us than we are.

We took a bullet. We suffered from frost in difficult and difficult years. We were heartbroken as we shouldered the coffins of the martyrs in the mosque courtyards. But we did not succumb to oppression. We were not defeated by humiliation. We did not give up on ambushes, games and traps, we did not say okay. Even if one of us left, the other took his place.

“WE ARE TODAY WHAT WE WERE YESTERDAY”

We are today what we were yesterday. We are a nationalist Idealist Movement that carries the honor of belonging to the Turkish Nation with the noble blood in our veins. To be a nationalist idealist, it will not be enough to appear to love the nation.

Nationalism is a test against death when needed.

We are Turkists, Turanists, Turkish Nationalists as on the first day. Those political recruits who question us here and there, who are you? At best, one of you would be a complete political helmsman, and indeed he has become one.

Get well soon to those who are left under the sieve. The fight against those who are above it will continue and the existence of this cause will not be tarnished. Today’s watch is on us. Today’s guards are the Nationalist Idealist movement. It is the People’s Alliance.

Türkiye is not just the name of a geographical region. The owner of the Republic of Türkiye is the Turkish Nation. The future hope of Türkiye and the Turkish Nation is the Nationalist Movement Party and the People’s Alliance.

There is a need to awaken the National Conscience. That’s what we aim to do today. The conscience of our nation, of which we are proud, is one. It is not possible to blacken one by two and divide one by two. The Turkish Nation, including Turks and Kurds, will carry their victorious past into the future. This transportation will definitely be carried out.

Achieving the goal of a terror-free Türkiye will be achieved with the dynamism of National Solidarity.

“NATIONALIST MOVEMENT PARTY IS READY TO PAY THE PRICE”

Turkish nationalism is a unifying, gathering and integrative idea that sees everyone who is bound to the Turkish state as one, equal and brother, and rejects all kinds of discrimination and exclusion. Turkish nationalists are determined, as always, to protect the peace, brotherhood and unity of their beloved homeland and the Turkish nation, and to prevent Türkiye from being dragged into a fratricide. The Nationalist Movement Party is party to protecting these in an environment where Türkiye’s national unity is in danger, and is ready to pay any price for this with peace of mind.

“OPENING THE FOUNDATION’S VALUES TO DISCUSSION IS BETRAYAL”

I warn everyone: Opening the founding principles of the Republic to discussion and trying to destroy them based on ethnic differences is equivalent to threatening the existence of the state. This is also treason.

With the goal of a terror-free Türkiye going from strength to strength, the Nationalist Movement Party has proven to be the center of social politics.

Just as nationalism as a central value was decisive during the Atatürk period, the nationalist mentality of the Nationalist Movement Party will again be the center of Türkiye.

Nationalism is in the hearts of the nation as a rising value. The political address of the new century is clear. The address is the Nationalist Movement Party.

Our only source of power is the pure conscience and heart of the Turkish nation. The Nationalist Movement Party will reject the hybridized, guided so-called nationalist parties and condemn them to extinction.

For us, our 57-year history is intertwined with glory and honor. The future that we call ideal and pursue is our existing passion. Time affects every being according to the existence it carries. We have to get rid of the illusion of not being able to see the forest while looking at the trees. We have to look at the issues without breaking the connection between the past and the future.

If the security of the country is in danger, “Who will stand in my way?” We know the answer to the question best.

Ideal ideals and traits are like stars. Even if we cannot reach them, we can find our way by looking at them.

The Republic of Türkiye will exist with the spirit of its founding in 1923. The agenda is the Nationalist Movement Party and the People’s Alliance. The superpower will reach its goal in 2053, the 600th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul. Assurance is the Nationalist Movement Party and the People’s Alliance.

Keçiören Mayor Mesut Özarslan broke away from his party, claiming that CHP leader Özgür Özel made “unspeakable curses” towards him and his family. After his resignation, Özarslan filed a criminal complaint regarding Özgür Özel’s messages.

Keçiören Mayor Mesut Özarslan made new statements regarding the process after the criminal complaint.

Özarslan’s statements are as follows:

As you can see, we are on our mission. We will continue to serve the public. While we were aiming to raise our services to higher levels, some people started putting incredible pressure and mobbing on us. The text messages I had with the Chairman two days ago are blasphemous and insulting to my family. In such an environment, we announced that we would no longer be in the CHP and that we were resigning. We will continue to serve our people with the motto of public service. We will continue our journey by protecting the rights of all voters who voted for us on March 31.

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I filed a criminal complaint with the prosecutor’s office against CHP Chairman Mr. Özgür Özel. Other members of my family also wanted to be present. We are the people of the great Turkish nation, we do not speak disrespectfully to anyone. It saddens us all that a party founded by Ataturk has fallen into such a situation.

OUR CASE IS ONE CASE

Let the country be in unity and solidarity from now on. Both our esteemed president, Mr. Erdoğan, and our wise leader, Dr. Devlet Bahçeli has started this work. This study should not be viewed as partisan. They welcome everyone with open arms. We will continue our services in this call for unity and solidarity. We will continue to support our CHP brothers without any discrimination. Our cause is only one and that is the cause of humanity.

The bill, prepared by CHP Deputy Tuncay Özkan and submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly with the seal of approval by the CHP Group Presidency, caused great surprise. It was seen that the bill, which was stated to be prepared for the protection of children and young people in digital media, was diametrically opposed to the policies that the party has defended to date. The fact that the CHP group presented the issues that it had described as ‘censorship’ and criticized the government for years as legislative proposals was another manifestation of the inconsistency within the party. In the bill in the Digital Mediums Commission; It was requested that all digital content be categorized as +6, +12, +16, +18, and age appropriateness and time limit mechanisms be put into effect. In this regard, it is recommended that children under the age of 16 should not spend more than 55 minutes on digital media.

REACTIONS ARE GROWING

The presentation of the bill prepared by Tuncay Özkan to the Parliament created confusion in the CHP. It is claimed that after the details of the content of the proposal emerged, reactions among the party staff increased and there were even those who wanted administrative action to be taken against Özkan. It was stated that CHP Chairman Özgür Özel was also disturbed and that he could hold a meeting with the party group regarding this crisis in a short time.

The Keçiören crisis in CHP reached its peak last night with Mayor Mesut Özarslan’s resignation statement that shook the agenda. Stating that he has been subjected to systematic smear campaigns by some cliques within the party due to his various visits recently, Özarslan emphasized that the rumors in question intensified even more after his meeting with the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum on January 6. Underlining that they met with the Institution on the problems of Keçiören, Özarslan also criticized CHP Chairman Özgür Özel with harsh words. Noting that Özel sent a message to him at 23.59 on the night of February 7, Özarslan said, “Would a chairman swear at the mayor? Would a chairman target and insult family values? Would a chairman threaten with unspeakable words? It is out of the question for me to serve in the ranks of the CHP anymore, especially in the face of messages that include my family values ​​and my sacred existence, my mother and my late father.” Noting that it is not possible to work healthily in an environment dominated by the tone in the messages, Özarslan said, “In this context, I am resigning from my CHP membership. At this point, unfortunately, Özgür Özel and his close colleagues have nothing left, neither the path of God, the homeland, the family, nor the values ​​we consider sacred, and all sanctities have been destroyed.” Özarslan continued his statement with the statement, “I am also calling out to my friends with whom I walked the road,” and said: “The cause is a cause of humanity. I invite them to save themselves from this structure, which has moved away from its founding codes and is managed in an immoral manner, not to take part in the immorality committed against me, and to show their reactions. What was done to me and my family today should not be forgotten; if there is no reaction, one day it will be done to them too.”

The tender was bribed by the criminal organization allegedly led by Aziz İhsan Aktaş, and the mayors, including Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat, Avcılar Mayor Utku Caner Çaykara, Seyhan Mayor Oya Tekin, Ceyhan Mayor Kadir Aydar, the evacuated Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan Karalar and the released and reinstated Adıyaman Mayor Abdurrahman Tutdere, who were suspended from their duties after their arrest. Within the scope of the indictment prepared for the allegation of organizing the criminal proceedings, 200 defendants appeared before the judge for the first time on Tuesday, January 27. During the two-week period of the trial, which was held in the large courtroom at the Marmara Penal Institutions Silivri Campus, the defenses of 33 defendants, including the detained defendant Rıza Akpolat, who was suspended from his post as Beşiktaş Mayor and requested to be imprisoned from 113 to 337 years, and other detained mayors, were completed. As the trial enters its 3rd week tomorrow, in the hearing to be held this week, the defenses of 158 undetained defendants will begin to be taken, especially the undetained defendant Aziz İhsan Aktaş, who was requested to be imprisoned from 187 to 450 years in the indictment and who was cited as the leader of the organization and who was released on June 4, 2025 within the scope of effective remorse provisions. UAV

In Eskişehir, AK Party member Mihalgazi Mayor Zeynep Güneş Akgün was insulted by İYİ Party member Mehmet Emin Korkmaz through her attire. In his post on social media, Korkmaz said, “Look at the Mayor of Eskişehir/Mihalgazi! Is the duty of this political Islamist woman in shalwars to govern the district or to milk cows in her barn?” He said: Korkmaz closed his social media accounts after the reactions. Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç emphasized that discriminatory and derogatory posts regarding the targeting of President Akgün based on clothing, belief and lifestyle are unacceptable, and stated that the legal process will be carried out with determination.

REACTION FROM ÖMER ÇELİK

Korkmaz, on whom an ex officio investigation was launched by the Eskişehir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office for the crime of ‘inciting the public to hatred and hostility or humiliating’ in accordance with Article 216 of the Turkish Penal Code within the scope of crimes against public peace, was taken into custody. Korkmaz was taken to court and arrested. AK Party Deputy Chairman and Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik said, “We condemn the hate speech directed at our esteemed president. We will continue to fight against the politics of hate. We will hold this focus of hate, which attacked our president, to account on the basis of law.” Thanking the representatives of political parties, Çelik said, “This common sensitivity against hate speech is a great value of our country.” Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş said, “This immoral attack targeting Ms. Zeynep Güneş is a clear disrespect directed not only at a mayor, but at millions of women who stand by their labor, work, produce and add value to our country, and directly towards the will of our nation. We will never accept or normalize this indecent and self-aware mentality directed at women.” İYİ Party General Secretary Osman Ertürk Özel stated that Korkmaz was referred to the disciplinary board with a request for expulsion.