In his speech at the MHP Grand National Assembly Group Meeting, Bahçeli stated that there are two political events ahead of them, one of which will be the 14th Ordinary Grand Congress to be held on March 17, 2024, and the other will be the local administration elections to be held on March 31, 2024.
Explaining that the democratic and legal framework of the grand congresses is formed with the completion of the district and provincial congresses, Bahçeli said, “In this context, our congress process, which started on August 9, 2023, will be crowned and ended with our Grand Congress. Thank God, our district and provincial congresses have manifested successfully, with common sense, with excitement and with high participation.” “And our grand congress is next.” he said.
Congratulating the elected provincial and district presidents and those who will serve on the boards of directors, Bahçeli continued his words as follows:
“When we do politics, we do it properly, we do it with enthusiasm, we do it with enthusiasm, we do it hand in hand, we do it shoulder to shoulder, each of us becomes a flag, a homeland, we become each other’s guarantor and companion. In the friendship of the cause, fate is also shared, grief is shared, and the shroud is also shared.” “In our struggle, there is courage, bravery, love for the nation, honesty, respect and love are essential. We have not and will not run after interests or political ambitions like others. When it comes to Turkey and the Turkish nation, we know no limits.”
Expressing that preparations for local elections are continuing and giving information about the program, Bahçeli stated that, as the People’s Alliance, they will make the Republic of Turkey leap ahead of the times in the new century of the Republic.
Emphasizing that, as MHP and the People’s Alliance, they are intertwined with the citizens, side by side and in the same direction, Bahçeli said, “We meet with our people at every moment of life, we crush treason, arrogance and heroism with the spirit of unity and solidarity. We do not look at a person’s robe, but inside his head, how his heart is.” “We look at what he does. We pay attention to whether he is a man or not, not his rank, title, or fame.” he said.
Israeli attacks on Gaza
In his speech, Bahçeli talked to some politicians and business people about the Ottoman soldier Corporal Hasan from Iğdır, whom a journalist who went to Israel in 1972 came across in the Masjid al-Aqsa and was on guard duty there. He reminded that Corporal passed away in 1982.
Stating that although Hasan Corporal passed away, he “opened closed eyes”, Bahçeli said, “Today, the guard is on us both spiritually and in absentia. This is what Jerusalem is for us, this is exactly how we look at Masjid al-Aqsa.” made his assessment.
Bahçeli, who read two quatrains from poet Mehmet Akif İnan’s poem “Mecsid-i Aksa”, continued:
“Jerusalem, the heartland of our Haram al-Sharif, which was governed with justice, equity, compassion, tolerance and peace under our rule for more than 400 years, was occupied by the British on December 9, 1917. Since that day, Jerusalem has been crying, Gaza has been crying, sincere Muslims have been crying out. Since that day, the blood of our temples has been drained, the sighs have risen, tears like strings have been flowing from the eyes of the oppressed. That is why the Masjid al-Aqsa, located within the Haram al-Sharif, is sad, that is why the Dome of the Rock is sad, that is why our Palestinian brothers are strange. Jerusalem is Islam. and at the same time, it bears the deep traces of Turkishness. The Mount of Olives, described in the famous work of the late Falih Rıfkı Atay, is in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is the honor lock of our sanctities. It does not go away by saying ‘gone’, it does not fall by saying ‘fell’, by saying ‘Israel’s’ it does not fall. It cannot, cannot, will not suffer this weight. They should not think that only Jerusalem and Gaza are Islam, their mountains are Islam, their stones are Islam, their birds are Islam, their wolves are Islam, their air is Islam, their land is Islam and their protector is Islam. “It is Allah.”
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