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| Accusing PM of 'power vacuum' upon Ankara massacre, CHP-HDP leaders insist on dialogue |
| 2015-10-17 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] The heads of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have both continued their criticism of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu following the deadly Oct. 10 Ankara suicide kabooms, saying ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... is currently in a dangerous power vacuum. Speaking separately following a joint meeting on Oct. 16, both CHP head Kemal Kilicdaroglu and HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtas called on people to "not give up hope," underlining the urgent need for "dialogue channels in politics" to secure healthy conduct amid the ongoing turmoil. "Mr. Davutoglu is a person who has been overwhelmed with the intensity and heaviness of the incidents. His recent statements are particularly full of contradictions. I'm following these statements with concern," Kilicdaroglu, told news hounds after his meeting with Demirtas and fellow HDP co-chair Figen Yuksekdag at parliament. His remarks came after being reminded of Davutoglu's remarks about the "difficulty" of tracking jacket wallahs trained in and originating from Syria, where fighters of the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are based. "They came from Syria. So how did they come from Syria to Ankara? Is something like this possible? It is like the incident took place on the Syria border, or inside Syrian territory. No, the incident took place in Ankara. It took place 500 meters away from the Ankara Police Department. There is a serious power vacuum in Turkey. Society's conscience is troubled by this," Kilicdaroglu said. The grassroots of the HDP had a major presence at the peace rally where at least 99 people were killed, while the CHP also lost party members and local executives in the attack. Shortly after Kilicdaroglu, Demirtas also spoke to news hounds. After being reminded of Davutoglu's recent statement that he would agree to meet Demirtas only if he publicly acknowledges making a mistake by blaming state forces for the attack, the HDP co-chair said it was actually the prime minister who should apologize. |
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