Turkish political parties make statements on coup attempt

  16 July 2016    Read: 1114
Turkish political parties make statements on coup attempt
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, said that the community should have a unified reaction to every coup attempt, according to the state-run news agency.
Speaking to Turkey’s private news channel NTV, Kilicidaroglu took a stand against a military coup attempt, Anadolu agency.

“Community should give joint reaction to every coup attempt,” he said.

“So, whoever does, wherever it comes, we should take a joint stand against the coup as we take a joint stand against terrorism.”

The head of the Turkish Nationalist Party (MHP) Devlet Bahceli made a telephone call to Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and said the attempted coup was not acceptable, according to a report from the Turkish state-run agency.

According to a statement form the Turkish Prime Ministry, Bahceli said his party is in solidarity with Turkish Republic.

In a written statement, Bahceli said an attempt at suspending democracy and ignoring the national will is a big mistake against Turkey.

“The price Turkey will pay will be considerably high in the event of a civil war in Turkey. As Turkish people, we need to be distant to all kinds of interventions risking our national unity and integrity,” he said.

In a joint written statement, People’s Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairs, Selehattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, said: “HDP takes a stand against every coup in every condition.”

“There is no way beside protecting the democratic politics,” it added.

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