CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Speaks at the CHP Group Meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (July 11,2023)

"There was a disaster in Zonguldak, Bartın, Bolu, Düzce, Karabük, Kastamonu and Ordu provinces. Therefore, our Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality and Kırşehir Municipality immediately sent aid teams there. They sent more than 60 personnel, 30 heavy construction machines, 4 vacuum trucks and 10 trucks of drinking water. Therefore, we are making our best efforts to at least partially heal the wounds of our citizens in the Black Sea region."

The Srebrenica Genocide... Thousands of people were massacred. Europe watched this for a long time. Therefore, Europe's ethical values need to be questioned. The pain of this is not something that can be forgotten and Turkey needs to make it official; it needs to bring it to the parliament as a genocide and pass it through the parliament. If there is a genocide and if the Serbs now know about it, that is, the perpetrators of the genocide also admit it. Then Turkey needs to be a little more courageous on this issue."

Erdoğan had very clear statements about NATO membership of Sweden such as “they can never be a member,” but Sweden did not step back. On the contrary, our Holy Book, the Koran, was burnt in Sweden. The ruling wing did not react sufficiently to that either. And what happened then? Following a phone call from Joe Biden, Erdoğan suddenly rotated to the exact reverse side, saying: “Sir, we will say yes to Swedish membership to NATO and quickly pass its resolution from the parliament.” Is this how a state is governed?"

If they will accept our EU membership, we need to consider their criteria for democracy. If you do not fulfill those requirements, they cannot accept you, unless you will form an adequate democracy in your country. Road to the EU membership passes from releasing unlawfully arrested political prisoners, including Can Atalay, Osman Kavala, Merdan Yanardağ, Mücella Yapıcı, Tayfun Kahraman, Hakan Altınay… Will you release them? The very same road passes from Selahattin Demirtaş, Emine Şenyaşar, and numerous under-18 youngsters detained only because of their statements on Twitter. Do you promise this nation to do whatever necessary for EU membership? Road to the EU membership passes from all those unlawfully imprisoned journalists, and ‘Saturday Mothers’ in Diyarbakır. Will you deliver their rights?"

They have burdened the country with debt. Almost every citizen is in debt. The state is also in destitute. After you sold several public enterprises and assets and received a huge amount of reserves, how did you manage to drag country into at the brink of bankcruptcy? Consequently you form a cabinet, acting like “Ottoman Public Debt Administration.”

"The international moneylenders know very well what caliber Erdoğan is; they know very well what he will do, how he will do it and when he will do it. They also know very well under which conditions he will obey them. They also adjust the timing accordingly; first they lent him money, and now they are giving him orders. We have reached this point."

The financial cartels besieged Turkey and enforced the one-man regime to follow a program which will mean “an economic genocide targeting 85 million citizens.” This will also mean Turkey’s loss of its economic independence to a great extent. As you very well know that two main veins support the existence of a country, which are economic and political independence. Without economic independence, your political independence is also at stake.

"They made 85 million people serve a handful of gangs. With this economic genocide program, hikes started to rain down from all sides; everything from needles to thread, from bread to water was raised."

In his statement today, MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli urged AKP government, stating: “Basic wages has to be updated equivalent with the planned wage increases in accordance with the inflation.” Is there anyone preventing you to make an initiative? Why do not you prepare a bill and pass from the Parliament? I promise to support it, as the Chairperson of CHP. Will he bring it? Definitely impossible, without the permission from ‘The Presidential Palace.’

I am going to tell you the people those will benefit from the aforementioned program of economic genocide, in five titles.

1) People invited to tenders paid with USD by Erdoğan

2) People who achieved guaranteed revenues in USD

3) People who lend USD loans to Erdoğan government

4) People having foreign exchange-protected deposits

5) People who owe with foreign currency, and registering Turkish Treasury as their guaranteer.

"Erdoğan spoke in Bayburt and said 'unfortunately there are many thieves'. I swear it is true. I make this call to Erdoğan: Look to your right, look to your left, look in front of you, look behind you in the palace and you will definitely see them; look in the mirror and you will definitely see them!"