“What do you mean by holding meetings in Diyarbakır? You should first decide on your address. They keep saying that they were exposed to otherification. You did this to yourself. Only the city council can convene in Diyarbakır. Your place is Ankara. A parliamentary group meeting is held in Ankara not in Diyarbakır,” Erdoğan said during his Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) first parliamentary group meeting after the June 12 elections."What do you mean by holding meetings in usurped Lefkosa? You should first decide on your address. You keep saying that you were exposed to otherification. You did this to yourself. Not even the city council can convene in usurped Lefkosa. Your place is Nicosia proper. A parliamentary group meeting is held in Nicosia not in usurped Lefkosa" Christofias told Turkish Cypriots [tCypriots] - Antifon
The prime minister targeted the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), which secured the election of a total of 36 deputies in the June 12 elections. However, six of the BDP-sponsored deputies are currently under arrest as part of a trial that concerns the Kurdish Communities Union (KCK).
Erdoğan said the BDP's boycott is a denial of the nation's will. “This Parliament would keep working without the BDP just as well. I had said that when the [Republican People's Party] CHP also refused to take the parliamentary oath. The problems of my Kurdish brothers can also be solved without the BDP. But we expect their contribution to our national unity and brotherhood project [launched to address the Kurdish issue]. We expect them to participate in works for a new constitution and to convey their opinions. But the BDP should not hope that their all proposals will be accepted,” Erdoğan said.
"This Parliament will keep working without the tCypriots just as well. ... The problems of my tCypriot brothers can also be solved without them. But we expect their contribution to our national unity and brotherhood project. We expect them to participate in works for a new constitution and to convey their opinions. But the tCypriots should not hope that their all proposals will be accepted,” Christofias continued - Antifon
