Erdogan: noi AKP (Erdogan), MHP (nazionalista turco) e Dem (pro-curdo) abbiamo deciso di andare avanti insieme.

We were expecting this, but seeing this coalition is still bizarre. Erdogan will be able to hold a referendum to change the constitution thanks to Kurdish MPs. After changing the constitution, he can run again and he’ll probably win due to Kurdish votes.

For clarification as the title omitted it (and most people won’t bother reading the article): it’s about PKK’s disarmament process. This is not an alliance for the next election or referendum as some claim. 

The article qouted this as well from the DEM party:

> “Let’s not misinterpret this. This alliance is a process alliance. It should definitely not be perceived as just another alliance. Everyone’s line and path are clear. Therefore, this was a message that the DEM Party and the People’s Alliance will walk a common path in terms of the process.”

**GPT Translation **

President and AK Party Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered remarks on the PKK’s disarmament process during his speech at the party’s 32nd Consultation and Evaluation Meeting in Kızılcahamam, Ankara.

In the highly anticipated address—which AK Party spokesman Ömer Çelik described on Saturday morning as “a historic speech”—Erdoğan stated that the “Turkey without terrorism” project is not the result of any “quid-pro-quo,” and that the AK Party, MHP, and DEM Party delegations will carry the process forward together.

“With the historic call from our alliance partner, Mr. Devlet Bahçeli, we have taken a number of steps to realize our ‘Turkey without terrorism’ project. Our security forces have worked in full coordination. We have managed a very delicate, very cautious process in order to make the most of this opportunity window opening before our country,” Erdoğan said. Regarding the PKK’s symbolic disarmament ceremony, he continued:
• “As of yesterday, the 47-year-long scourge of terrorism has, God willing, entered its final phase. Turkey has begun closing a long, painful, agonizing, tear-filled chapter as of yesterday. Today—let us not forget—is a new day. Today, a new page in our history has been turned.”

He emphasized that the “Turkey without terrorism” project is not “the result of a negotiation, a bargain, or a quid‑pro‑quo.”

Reaffirming that no one can question the nationalism, patriotism, or love for Turkey of MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli and his team, Erdoğan said: “We have never been involved in any effort that is not in Turkey’s interest. We know exactly what we’re doing. Let no one be afraid. Let no one be uneasy. Let no one be concerned. Let no one have doubts. Whatever we do, we are doing it for Turkey. For our nation. For our independence.”

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“We have decided to journey this path as a trio with DEM Party”

Erdoğan announced that the first step within this process will be the establishment of a commission in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to address the necessary legal aspects under parliamentary oversight. “I emphasize: as the People’s Alliance, together with the AK Party, MHP, and DEM delegation, we will, God willing, thoroughly prepare this process and carry it into the future,” he said.

He recalled meeting with DEM Party leaders Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar this week: “We sat down and talked. We discussed what we can do together for this march. It turns out it’s possible. Better things lie ahead.”

Now, Erdoğan declared, “We—the AK Party, Nationalist Movement Party, and DEM—have at least decided to walk this path together as a trio… Let everyone know that there’s no need to clench fists anymore. We will shake hands. Embrace. Talk. Take steps toward one another.”

Regarding the Kurds in Iraq and Syria, Erdoğan added, “Don’t forget, the issue of my Kurdish brothers in Iraq and Syria is our issue too.” He said they’ve also been consulted, and “they are very happy.”

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Buldan: “This shouldn’t be seen as another alliance”

Speaking to ANKA News Agency, DEM Party İmralı delegation member and Parliament Deputy Speaker Pervin Buldan commented on Erdoğan’s statement: “Let it not be pulled in the wrong direction. This is an alliance for the process. It should absolutely not be understood as another alliance. Everyone’s line and path is clear. Therefore, this was a message that DEM Party will walk a shared path in this process with the People’s Alliance.”

Buldan added, “Of course, we as DEM are at the very center of this process—but it is the People’s Alliance that must solve it. Thus, such a collaboration will be meaningful.”

No need for elections anymore in Turkey i guess….

Why would any Kurd work with Erdogan?

Isn’t he waging war on them in northern Iraq and Syria?

DEM really go through with the Van Papen option – selling out the country for a meager win and be remembered for their enabling of a tyrant.

A political Islamist, a Kurdish nationalist and a Turkish nationalist walk into a parliament… (Not exactly since the MHP is anything but Turkish nationalist at this point. They’ve got DEM’s dick so far down their throat that they’re practically Kurdish nationalists now.