Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli.
Türkiye’s political parties have largely welcomed a landmark bill underpinning the government’s “terror-free Türkiye” initiative, though reactions have varied over its scope and implementation.
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli renewed his call for jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan to benefit from the “right to hope” principle after signing the bill.
In remarks to journalist Sinan Burhan, Bahçeli also called for the release of former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and the reinstatement of ousted mayors Ahmet Türk and Ahmet Özer.
Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) co-chair Tuncer Bakırhan called the proposal “a valuable and historic beginning.”
The New Party, the emergent main opposition in parliament, said before the bill was formally submitted that it would conduct a detailed review of the proposal and announce its position after examining its contents.
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has also voiced support for the broader peace initiative.
The İYİ (Good) Party, however, sharply rejected the legislation, describing it as “a document of betrayal.”
Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu accused supporters of the initiative of following a roadmap set by Öcalan and pledged that his party would not become “a pawn in this theater.” The nationalist party is the only major parliamentary group to reject the initiative outright.
