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Bahçeli suggests Öcalan could address parliament

On 22 October 2024 nationalist MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli suggested that jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan could address the Turkish parliament if he declared the end of the PKK's armed struggle and the group's dissolution.

Devlet Bahçeli (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 22 October 2024 nationalist MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli suggested that jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan could address the Turkish parliament if he declared the end of the PKK's armed struggle and the group's dissolution. He linked this to Turkey's 'right to hope' legal provision, which could open a path to parole, starting a new peace process.

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  • Devlet Bahçeli

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    Bahçeli suggests Öcalan could address parliament. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.en.12punto.com.tr — sourceen.12punto.com.tr · verified
  2. 2.euronews.com — sourceeuronews.com · verified
  3. 3.hurriyetdailynews.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: bah+calan · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Bahçeli suggests Öcalan could address parliament. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/bahceli-invites-ocalan-parliament-2024-10-22

https://factrail.ai/facts/bahceli-invites-ocalan-parliament-2024-10-22

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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