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CHP to present Parliament motion on gov’t actions over Israeli raid
Kılıçdaroğlu said they support the establishment of an international commission to investigate Israel’s May 31 raid on the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish vessel in the flotilla.
Around 600 of the flotilla’s 700 passengers were aboard the Mavi Marmara. Most were from Turkey and Arab countries, but the group also included dozens of Americans and Europeans, including lawmakers, and an Arab member of Israel’s own parliament. The Israelis ordered the flotilla to halt, but the ships pressed ahead and the resultant clash left nine people dead, including eight Turkish and one dual US-Turkish citizen. Around 30 people were wounded in the attack.
“We said we have given our support to the prime minister, as he said the attacks would not be left without a response. We said the CHP would support solutions which are concordant with our national interests,” he said in his party’s group meeting on Tuesday.
However, Kılıçdaroğlu also said Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is not able to explain why Turkey sent civilians to Israel even though Israel had warned that it would intercept the flotilla.
“Why did we send our citizens there? For what reason did the Turkish government not take the Israeli warnings into consideration? Who is responsible for sending civilians to their deaths? You put our citizens on a ship and send them to die. Then what is the reason for the existence of the Turkish Republic? To send its citizens to their deaths?” Kılıçdaroğlu asked.
Meanwhile, two independent deputies joined the main opposition party on Tuesday. Independent deputies Harun Öztürk and Hüseyin Pazarcı became members of the CHP, increasing the number of CHP deputies to 101, while the number of independent deputies dropped to eight.
On June 1 Emrehan Halıcı and Kamer Genç joined the CHP, after Kılıçdaroğlu was elected the new chairman on May 22. Currently, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has 336 seats in Parliament, while the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has 69 and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has 20 seats.
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