Expecting Öcalan and other PKK members to be pardoned is pitiful

We mentioned previously how some figures from the Western deep states push Turkey strongly for the release of Öcalan. Some people who are virtually minions to the West have no reservations in repeating this demand even in Turkey. This preposterous offer is being normalized and made acceptable through gradual steps and subtle propaganda that targets the subconscious minds of the people. HDP mayors publicly say that they want to see Öcalan free. The supporters of this idea seem completely indifferent to the horror of the mothers of the martyrs. They are almost lobbying to get the murderers of 40,000 of our soldiers released, and even suggest that when this is done, it shouldn't be called an amnesty, but “a release from captivity.” They are brazen enough to suggest to the Turkish people that “they didn’t commit any crime.” The fact that such outrageous remarks can be made in our country shows that the situation is very risky. We have to make it very clear that we will never allow such an amnesty to take place and that our people, as one, will stand against such a prospect.

The homeland is one of the most sensitive issues for the Turkish nation. The ones hesitating on this issue should take a look at the Turkish history. Therefore, there will be no such a solution for Turkey that would compromise its land and identity. The expectation of certain Western deep-state powers in this direction is in vain.

There are some important points we believe the supporters of amnesty in Turkey and the representatives of the foreign deep states should be reminded of:

• As everyone would recall, amnesty has been tried in the past in our country related to this matter but this only increased terror and crime rates. The amnesty proposal pioneered by former Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit’s wife Rahşan Ecevit was passed in the Parliament in 2000 with Law No.# 4616 on Conditional Release and more than 44,000 people were released as a result. In the following three years, the number of convicts increased by 20,000 and reached 64,000. Rahşan Ecevit would later admit that it was a mistake with grim results, saying, “I wanted amnesty for the helpless, but murderers ended up benefitting from it.” Now, 15 years after this amnesty, referred to as the “Rahşan Amnesty,” the number of convicts in prison has reached 160,000.
• DHKP-C terrorist Ecevit Şanlı, who attacked the US embassy in Turkey with a bomb, had been pardoned during the administration of Ahmet Necdet Sezer on the basis of health concerns. Apparently, 200 out of 260 convicts that were pardoned during Sezer’s administration were members of groups such as DHKP-C, Dev-Sol, PKK, THKP/ML and TİKKO. These released people have taken part in numerous new terror attacks. According to the Security Directorate’s reports, DHKP-C militants like Okan Ünsal, Berna Ünsal, Ökkeş Karaoğlu and Cemal Keser, who were later killed in an armed conflict that broke out in Tunceli, had also been released after being granted special pardons by Sezer.
• Terrorists Hüsamettin Özdem, Keskin Hasan Bölücek, Abbas Alkan, Cihan Alkan, Enis Aras, Deniz Yıldız, Sakine Ögeyik, Gülten Özdemir, Özkan Güzel and Mehmet Leylek, who were seen via camera surveillance during the May 1, 2003 Incidents, had also been pardoned in the same way. And finally, DHKP-C leader Hüseyin Fevzi Tekin, who ordered the slaughter of Prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, had also been pardoned during the administration of the 10th President Sezer.
• On the other hand, granting amnesty to PKK members is not only humiliating but also violates the dignity and honor of the Turkish nation.
• Pardoning the murderers of soldiers, policemen and village guards would be devastating for the families of tens of thousands of martyrs, and hundreds of thousands of veterans. It would harm Turkey in an irreparable way, and cause insufferable pain.
• Any concession given to communist terror will pave the way for unstoppable aggression, impertinence and lawlessness.
• Releasing such murderers would essentially legalize all the illegal acts of the PKK over the past 40 years and after that point, there will be no respect for the laws and state, and terror will be legitimized.
• In order for an independent and PKK-affiliated Kurdish state to be founded, a series of processes is needed which will force the Kurdish people to support it, impose it on the region and stimulate the society. It also needs Turkey’s power and honor to be undermined and weakened. That’s one of the reasons for the plan to release Öcalan. If a person who ordered the massacre of 40,000 people is released and considered by a strong state like Turkey as a person that can be negotiated with, this will lead this person to be perceived as the leader of all Kurds. In such an event, Öcalan will naturally start dreaming of being the president of all Kurds.
• This new political social trend will give rise to the birth of a new Saddam, Gaddafi, Ho Chi Minh, Stalin or Mao in the region. In such a case, it will be a piece of cake to get a PKK state, now furnished with intelligence support and heavy ammunition, to fight against other regional countries. Öcalan also knows of the duties that are planned for him, sees which Western countries will support him and how, and even calculates which communist countries will lend him military support. In the meantime, Öcalan will not hesitate to wear any disguise and perform any theatre in order to attain this power. He, who suddenly became an imperialist when he had been a communist till then, who said that he was ready to serve the country when he was captured in 1999 yet later led hundreds of PKK attacks, and who made it clear in his books of 2004 that he wanted a confederation, is therefore one of the actors in history that merits careful watching if anyone wishes to take important lessons.
• If the idea that “when murderers kill a lot of people, they become so intimidating that an amnesty follows” settles in the society, scores of new terrorist groups that are lying in wait will begin their attacks in Turkey. Hundreds of terrorist groups like ISIL, Al-Qaeda, ASALA and the DHKP-C, will begin to think that killing a lot of people will eventually make the government take them seriously and start negotiations with them. They will expect that concessions will be made for them as well and that their murderers will eventually be released like “heroes.” That would spell the doom of Turkey.
• Release of the murderers of the police will dishearten our active 300,000 police officers. Release of the murderers of soldiers will psychologically weaken our active 700,000 soldiers. Considering also the families and relatives of these people, it is apparent that millions will be terribly discomforted by this mistake.
• Öcalan and other PKK-member murderers also martyred more than 17,000 Kurds as a part of the PKK’s internal executions. The release of these murderers will cause a horrible psychological trauma amongst the Kurds as well. The murderers of their relatives will be there again to oppress them and the state will not be able to stop it. This is nothing short of torturing dignified, honorable and conscientious Kurds.
• PKK members spreading to the cities will increase pro-PKK propaganda, boost one-sided propaganda, and increase Marxist-Leninist pressure by folds.
• Öcalan has lots of enemies, not only in Turkey, but also in many countries around the world. The number of people who have sworn to kill him if he is ever released from the prison, most of whom are PKK members, is quite high. It is very difficult for him to be protected in the face of such a huge risk. If Öcalan is released, a war for leadership will inevitably start within the PKK. Some leaders will even see Öcalan as a traitor and he will be ordered to be killed no matter what.
• If Öcalan is released, it will be difficult for Kurdish leaders such as Barzani and Talabani to stay in charge, effectively ending the current multi-party system in Northern Iraq. The PKK will easily be able to export its one-party communist dictatorship to that region.

In general terms, these would be the outcomes of the release of Öcalan, who is responsible for the blood of thousands of our martyrs, and those members of the PKK who have murdered anyone. But more importantly, such a decision will mean that dignity, honor, pride and virtue are no more. The Turkish nation, however, is known for one thing: Turks cannot live without their dignity and honor. They are willing to fight and die for it, hoping to gain God’s approval. If anyone needs proof, they can study our glorious history.

The PKK targeted mainly our Kurdish brothers and sisters throughout its history and committed massacres without hesitating to kill women, children and babies. The fact that the PKK continues terrorism where it left off the moment it finds an opportunity indicates that the PKK would never give up terrorism. The ones trying to portray the treacherous terrorist organization as if it were innocent are not aware that they serve the aims of the terrible terror targeting oppressed people.

Amnesty cannot be an issue for Öcalan and the murderers of the PKK. Once the idea that "Murderers are forgiven when they kill many people" is instilled into people's mind, it is evident that the terrorism would be easily grounded.

No one should come up with an idea such as suggesting the release of PKK leader Öcalan and the PKK murderers and impose it on the Turkish Nation. We advise the Western deep-states and their supporters in Turkey to abandon such a dangerous idea.

The Turkish nation cannot live without honor and dignity. Therefore, people are prepared to strive and even risk their lives for the sake of God to keep their honor. The ones who attempt to break the country into pieces might have to see how the Turkish army, the police, Special Forces and the Turkish people respond.

For this very reason, no one should even imagine making such outrageous suggestions to the Turkish nation like releasing Öcalan or other murderous members of the PKK. Those who resort to this inside or outside of Turkey might have to learn the hard way that such an action will trigger a tremendous reaction in Turkey, that the Turkish Army, the Turkish police force, the Special, Forces and the Turkish nation will strongly respond to it. We recommend the deep states of the West and their minions in Turkey to abandon this dangerous idea before it is too late.