Pointing to next week, Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party members of the parliamentary commission said: “There will be wiretaps within the scope of the pool of names and institutions to be created. Then the commission will carry out its work on legal arrangements including democratic integration.”
Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli has said he expects the ongoing work related to the peace process to be completed by the end of the year.
Sezai Temelli, Deputy Chair of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party parliamentary group, emphasized the importance of the newly established parliamentary commission listening directly to Abdullah Öcalan as the chief negotiator. He stated that the Parliament is expected to legislate the commission’s proposals by October.
Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus stated that the work to be carried out within the Parliament will be based solely on “recommendations and findings”.
Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party member of the Parliamentary Commission Saruhan Oluc said that civil society organisations and opinion leaders will be invited to the commission and stressed: “We will ensure that the suggestion and ideas of all segments of society are reflected in the commission.”
The 5th member of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party's Commission on National Solidarity, Brotherhood and Democracy has been elected as Istanbul MP Celal Firat.
The "National Solidarity, Fraternity and Democracy Commission", which was established in Parliament yesterday, has decided to hold its meeting on August 8 in closed session.
In the final declaration announced after the DBP Party Assembly meeting it is stated: “The democratic solution of the Kurdish issue is the key not only for the Kurdish people but also for a new future in which all the peoples of the region will live in peace.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, from the ruling AK Party, stated that a commission to be established in Parliament is nearing its final stage, saying, "Soon, you will witness progress taking place on the Parliament floor."
National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) Director İbrahim Kalın will visit the Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party at 15:30 local time in Parliament.
Representatives of DBP, DEVA, and SAADET parties described the PKK’s weapons destruction ceremony as a “historic moment” and emphasized that the parliament should promptly establish the commission and legal framework without delay.
Gulistan Kilic Kocyigit, Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair of the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, commented on the PKK’s disarmament ceremony, emphasizing the collective responsibility to build peace. “Öcalan addressed not only the state and the PKK, but also society and politics. This peace belongs to all of us, and so does the duty to build it,” she said.
Republican People Party (CHP) Chair Ozgur Ozel noted that the weapons destruction ceremony is “gratifying” and stated, “Establishing complete peace in Turkey is only possible with justice and democracy.
Making a statement after the ceremony in which the PKK destroyed weapons by burning them, AKP spokesman Ömer Çelik said that a critical threshold had been crossed to reach the target.
Making his first statement after the PKK's weapons disposal ceremony, Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chair Devlet Bahceli said that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan kept his promise and stood behind his commitment.