Ümit Özdağ: “I am concerned about the Re-initiation of the Talks with the PKK”

In his conversation programs, Mr. Adnan Oktar points out that the operations against the PKK are insufficient and the PKK has not been defeated yet. Mr. Oktar said, “If the plan is to engage in another negotiation round with the PKK, this would never be possible."

Similarly, Ümit Özdağ, the MHP Gaziantep Deputy, said he was concerned that an attitude favouring the re-initiation of the talks with the PKK would be adopted.

What he said

September 15^th 2015, A9 TV

ADNAN OKTAR:  They are running their head against a brick wall. We do not release Öcalan nor the murderers of the PKK nor appease the PKK. Nobody should yearn for that as well. We would destroy them under the laws.

Let them do what they have to do, let them eradicate the PKK. For decades they have been saying, "We eradicated [the PKK], destroyed, and erased them." They say, "5000 members of the PKK were burnt to the ground." However, we do not see anything. The PKK is over there, that goes without saying. On the TV Channel affiliated with the PKK, they cry out saying: “The PKK has been eradicated. Only 200 members could survive." I think that is a tactic, simply a trick. Someone suggested them to speak so, and they complied. I do not think that it is true. If it were true, the left-wing media would make no bones about it. However, they do not utter a single word. It is kind of strange. I think that man was assigned to do that.

September 14^th 2015, A9 TV

ADNAN OKTAR: The other day, a member of the PKK said: "Half of us have been destroyed, wasted and perished." That is a word dictated to appease the public. I think it is the cunningness of the PKK. This is not real. If it were, they would not act with rage. They could not carry out such operations.

If any successful operation has not been carried out so far, that is terrible; this simply means: "We cannot deal with them, let us sit at the table again." They always say: "The table will resolve the issue." On the table, they want the Southeast region. They want all of the killers to be released. They desire to establish a state in the Southeast of Turkey. This is what the table amounts to. This is what they call “the process”.

August 21^st 2015, A9 TV

KARTAL GOKTAN: According to the intelligence reports, it is stated that 410 members of the PKK were killed by the recent air strikes of the Turkish Armed Forces.

ADNAN OKTAR: I have great respect for our army, but when something like that happens, they bring the bodies to Turkey and deliver them to their parents. And the numbers [announced by the Armed Forces] are always round numbers such as seventy, three hundred, five hundred. We are used to hear that for decades. According to their calculations, no member of the PKK must be alive so far. They are pacing around and still standing. It is our soldiers who suffer. In such an environment these news may lead to suspicion. We would not want any more deaths. We would not want any more blood to be shed. However, the news do not seem to be sound. There is something weird. They need to clarify that.

July 31^st 2015, A9 TV

About the operations against the PKK...

ADNAN OKTAR: Well done, that is fine but I very much hope that these operations are not ostensible. So far there is not a single solid evidence showing the success of the operations against the PKK. Meanwhile, they martyr our police officers and soldiers everyday. [In the face of these deaths], people cry out, they faint. This becomes the propaganda of the terror organization. This is why, this is risky. We have not seen any evidence regarding the eradication of the PKK.

June 22^nd 2015, A9 TV

ADNAN OKTAR: All of them, including maroon berets and special operation forces, should participate in [the operations against the PKK]. Let them wipe out the torment, psychopathy and oppression of the PKK. We want Turkey to be free, the Southeast of Turkey to be free.

May 26^th 2015, A9 TV

ADNAN OKTAR: I always recall Turkeş, the late Nationalist Movement Party leader. He used to say: "I can not understand. Terrorism and anarchy must be eradicated right away." He was right. They should simply take these terrorists out of their shelters and arrest them, then the issue will be solved. I can not understand... They cause such scandals and then wander around freely. If everywhere is full of scumbags, then you vacuum the area. Here, the soldiers, commando, maroon berets, special operation forces will vacuum them. It is so simple.

Ümit Özdag, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Gaziantep Deputy, said that the news suggesting that the PKK had recently received a fatal blow seem to be generated by a single source. Özdağ stated that his main concern is generation of a perception which suggests, "Now that we have become successful, we can re-initiate the negotiations with the PKK."

Özdağ added: “As an expert who has been working on this issue for decades, I can easily say that a military operation involving only the Air Forces would not be effective."

Özdağ also remarked: “The Army Forces must come forward. With a joint operation of the Police, the Special Operation Forces and the Gendarmerie Schools Command, the shelters of the PKK must be detected one by one and destroyed."