Here are the highlights from Bahçeli's speech: I pray to God that the new week will be beneficial for all humanity, especially the beloved Turkish nation. I offer my best wishes to our dear citizens who follow today's meeting at home and abroad through television screens, radio channels and social media platforms, and to all our brothers and sisters who stand side by side for the manifestation of peace and justice in our hearts and cultural geographies.
Excessive rainfall and floods in some of our cities, including Istanbul, caused many citizens to be injured, as well as loss of life and property. First of all, I once again wish God's mercy to our citizens who lost their lives and offer my condolences to their relatives and loved ones. I extend my best wishes to all our citizens affected by rain and flood. I wish a speedy recovery to those injured. I would like to express my gratitude to our institutions and their employees who fought the disaster with all their heart.
Although it is accepted that the rainfall is extraordinary, it is obvious that the infrastructure and zoning discipline are decisive in the situation. The disaster has once again revealed how important it is to be prepared for disasters through planning, risk management and preventive measures. Combating disasters should be considered as a strategic public policy that includes all public institutions, local governments, scientific circles and society. It should be based on minimizing the damages of natural disasters, from local elections to the transformation of risky areas and reclamation projects. I believe that the damage suffered by our citizens affected by the disaster will be compensated immediately and the necessary measures will be taken to prevent similar incidents from occurring. I pray that God will protect our country and nation from all kinds of disasters and calamities.
FUND INVESTIGATION
My dear fellow defendants, since last week, both the fund investigation and the judicial processes regarding corruption in municipalities, especially the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, have been continuing. The effectiveness of policies aimed at ensuring sustainable growth and price stability depends on the healthy functioning of the financial system. The development of capital markets requires the markets to reach sufficient depth, the spread of capital to the base, and also the coordination of supervision and control functions to ensure the stable functioning of all financial markets. From the developments regarding the fund investigation, it is understood that illegal activities targeting the stability of the Turkish economy are carried out in an organized manner through market-distorting transactions, manipulation, fraud and abuse of trust. The strongest sanctions on legal grounds will undoubtedly be applied to those who covet the halal savings of our nation. As a matter of fact, I would like to state that we are pleased with the important steps taken towards revealing the criminals and redressing the grievances, the legal regulation on the subject being on the agenda of the General Assembly of the Parliament, and the strong political will that will illuminate all aspects of the issue and hold those responsible accountable.
"TURKISH ECONOMY IS ON SOLID FOUNDATIONS"
As I have emphasized before, these should be considered as an opportunity for purification, justification and addressing the underlying causes. Justice means protecting the innocent and protecting the rights of the victim, as well as punishing the guilty. Our President's accurate statement that the price of exorbitant earnings will be made to pay and that the state will not victimize anyone has increased the confidence in the administration of justice. Although we have some problems, the Turkish economy is on solid foundations. While our party defends the rights and laws of our nation, it will also follow the steps that will enable a fair income distribution. Necessary steps will be taken to meet the expectations of our low-income citizens.
As I stated in my written statement dated October 3, 2026, it is a great responsibility to carry the state property, which is the epitome of the people's labor and sweat, on their shoulders. Justice and decency of those who invade state property are in state morality. Starting from Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and extending to many municipalities, all kinds of relationships of interest in areas such as tenders, zoning, licenses, real estate, participation, personnel and public expenditures are not only a problem concerning criminal law, but also a moral poverty. While the trial processes are ongoing, it will be for the benefit of those concerned to respond to the allegations on legal grounds, instead of creating a personal agenda with political polemics. Courts are places where the right to defense is based, not political demonstrations. Our nation follows the developments closely and expects justice to be served as soon as possible.
"FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE FREEDOM TO COMMIT CRIME"
Another issue within the scope of investigations is about press freedom debates. We believe that free press is one of the indispensable elements of democratic societies and that the media should freely fulfill its duty to inform the public. However, we think that responsibility is as valuable as freedom and law is as valuable as ratings. Freedom of the press is not, and should not be, freedom to commit crimes. As a matter of fact, media organizations, like all other institutions, are responsible before the law. The main thing is not to fall into lawlessness that condones illegal actions while defending freedom of the press. Because if freedom of the press is the guarantee of democracy, adherence to law and ethical responsibility are the basic foundations of this freedom.
In an environment where Türkiye stands out with its economic, political and diplomatic successes, where the goals of a Terror-free Turkey and a terrorist-free region have become reality and where lawlessness is being addressed, any attempt to sabotage the climate of peace and security is unacceptable. The perception attempted to be created through social media and the provocations made through FETO accounts should not be relied upon and action should be taken in line with official statements. Attempts to confront Türkiye with social reactions based on insecurity must be prevented.
Dear members of parliament, it is the seat of Allah, the All-Knowing, that encompasses the worlds, and the gate of knowledge that brings good news of peace and abundance to humanity and gives order and justice to the world. The door of knowledge opens to the level of perfection, which raises a person with his mental and spiritual qualities, tempers his soul with his conscience, and counters his ambitions with his common sense. Yunus Emre, who did not even let crooked wood into his lodge on the path of knowledge, said, "Knowledge is knowing knowledge, knowledge is knowing yourself. If you don't know yourself, how much reading is this?" With his verses, he stated that the way to become a perfect human being is to first know yourself. Knowing oneself means breaking the mirror of arrogance and knowing one's helplessness in the face of the Lord, measuring one's words, and keeping one's pen in line, order, and end. Knowing oneself means being able to determine one's direction in the ocean of knowledge with the compass of wisdom, and being able to surrender to God with sincerity. To know oneself is to say the word directly like the elif in the mortal world where it comes in the state of woe, and to bow like a mime in the face of the truth. The holy walk of the Turk, which started with the Mountains of God, passed through the door of knowledge in Khorasan, reached the rank of sainthood, and by taking root in Söğüt, lived and kept alive the most perfect age of Islamic civilization. At this point, it is a national responsibility to ensure that historical actors are placed in their place in the flow of history and that historical events are free from romantic feelings and turned into lessons and achievements. This responsibility is not to look at history through harmful ideas and myopic glasses, but to trace the truth in the history book that is often blackened by populist politics with ideological debates. Otherwise, it will be inevitable to be faced with fragmented selves, schizophrenic identities and a divided society.
"NATIONALIST MOVEMENT PARTY CARRIES THE TORCH OF TURKISH NATIONALISM"
Dear members of parliament, valuable members of parliament, valuable guests, the Nationalist Movement Party carries the torch of Turkish nationalism with this sense of responsibility that history has placed on its shoulders. In the age-old Dede Korkut epic, when the tribe and tent of Salur Kazan fell into the clutches of discord and oppression, he said, "The face of the wolf is blessed, let me consult with him." It remains alive in our national memory, where it achieved unity and peace by saying. The Nationalist Movement Party is the only partner of the wolf-faced people who have protected their homeland, identity and customs against the enemies of Turkey and Türkiye since the day it was founded, and of the Yusuf-faced people who march with martyrdom. The miraculous reason why the high consciousness of history and place and the sense of national responsibility are concentrated and concentrated in our sacred cause is the words of Ahi Evran, who fermented Anatolia with the Turkish-Islamic cause: "He who comes to us by asking for patience with truth is one of us, and he who works with reason and morality and comes to us is one of us." It is the deep trust and strong loyalty we have in your word. Turkish nationalism, which in the 20th century presented the proposal of a national and unitary state in which sovereignty belongs to the nation and crowned this proposal with the republic, today encompasses the dawn of Turkishness with the proposal of a developed state, a prosperous nation and a civilization that unites the state and the nation in the same country, with the insight and leadership of the Nationalist Movement Party. In the succinct words of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk written on our lines, one of the blessed goals of our Republic, whose foundation is Turkish heroism and high Turkish culture, in the 21st century is to realize the move in which the great civilized qualities of Turkishness will spread from Anatolian lands to the whole world. The Nationalist Movement Party is the flowing river of Turkish Peace that will transform conflicts into peace and divisions into unity. The range this river reaches is the wide and deep Turkish ocean with the vision of the Turkish and Turkish Century. The staff of the Nationalist Movement has the acquis to achieve this. The Turkish nation is also ready to walk with the acquis of the Nationalist Movement Party. But the road is difficult and the weather is foggy.
"WHAT AND WHERE ARE YOU A NATIONALIST?"
Those who tried to launch an operation against the idea of Turkish nationalism and the Nationalist Movement Party after the September 12 coup are still poisoning the clean wells of Turkish nationalism with adopted concepts and new-found focuses. Fifth column activities and ideological manipulations are the sole purpose of insidious attacks on Turkish nationalism. Those who aim for a rootless republic in its second century and those who see the nationalist idealist movement as extras are nationalist in appearance and inauthentic in their ideas and politics. Those who exploit the pure emotions of Turkish youth by condemning Turkish nationalism to ethnic chauvinism and racism have hostility towards MHP in their hidden agenda. In the shadow play where MHP hostility is exhibited, those who speak, write and draw with the claim of being Turkish nationalists satisfy their political ambitions, intellectual crises and personal ambitions by selling their words and pens. Those who make the national sensitivities of the Turkish youth a subject of bargaining in secluded corners will certainly receive their share of the anger of the Turkish youth when their miserable games become obvious. I'm asking here. Those who are looking for a table to sit at for their political success, and those who serve the holy grail of nationalism as appetizers at the tables they sit at, what and where are you a nationalist? Those who pollute the climate of peace and trust of Turkish nationalism with discourses prepared in the kitchens of social circles whose roots are outside, which mouths are you speaking from? Nationalism is primarily a matter of stance and personality. Those who are trying to build illegal structures on the fertile lands of Turkish nationalism, which were cultivated with the knowledge and thought of many intellectuals and the labor and tears of our idealists, which scenario of discord are you the volunteer pens of?
"THE INSTITUTIONAL CASTLE OF TURKISH NATIONALISM IS THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT PARTY"
Let us remind again to the ignorant people who do not know the Turkish flow of history in geography. Turkish nationalism is not a matter of imprisoning Turkishness in archaic and ethnic servitude, but of elevating it with a strong national consciousness and a high horizon of civilization. To say the word in Turkish, to write with the pen in Turkish, to look to the future in Turkish. Turkish nationalism means being able to say amen to the prayer recited in the Yesevi Lodge from the Tomb of Gül Baba. The Türkiye sung in Kashgar is the cultural source that will accompany Akmescit, the vision of civilization that will carry the Turkish aesthetics in Bukhara to Mostar. Those who look at the geography through blinders as historical historians cannot write a story in the name of nationalism. In the climate of thought of those who turn their backs on their national sanctity, think with foreign concepts, speak with slogans, and seek their national destiny in the darkness of the streets, first populism, then vandalism, and finally fascism emerge. For this reason, we say that the institutional stronghold of Turkish nationalism is the Nationalist Movement Party. The flag of nationalism flies peacefully and independently on the bastions of the Nationalist Movement Party. I say to my idealists who consider themselves Turkish nationalists, do not waste your time here and there. At a time when we are shaping our future, do not take sides in the wrong direction. Let's be united, let's be alive, let's make our ideal of Türkiye as a leading country a reality together.
"OUR STRATEGIC GOAL IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF Türkiye AS A LEADING COUNTRY AND SUPERPOWER"
Dear MPs, Türkiye faces great opportunities as well as important challenges. For this reason, we are obliged to act in accordance with a comprehensive vision of the future that goes beyond daily discussions as a nation and combines reason, morality, state experience and national will. Our strategic goal is the construction of Türkiye, a leading country and superpower. It is our common responsibility to create a suitable capacity with all its elements. Nothing on three legs in Kutadgu Bilig leans to one side. As long as all three stand straight, the throne will not shake. These expressions summarize the basis of our understanding of the state. Today, it is imperative to establish this balance through the legislature, executive and judiciary, and to reconcile it with the rule of law, strong institutional capacity, social solidarity and economic stability. This issue is part of the responsibility for Türkiye that our understanding of nationalism imposes on us. We consider nationalism not as an understanding that reduces the past to memories and neglects the present, but as a cause of civilization that brings tradition together with the possibilities of the future. We foresee being open to science, technology and universal knowledge while remaining loyal to our roots, understanding the world while preserving our national identity, and preparing for the competitive conditions of the future while drawing strength from our history.
TERRORIST-FREE Türkiye PROCESS
The goal of a terrorism-free Türkiye is one of the most important topics of this great vision of the future. In this process, reason is as important as determination, law is as important as security, social consensus and trust are as important as state authority. Armed structures that continue to exist beyond our borders also threaten Türkiye's security to the extent that they disrupt the stability of neighboring countries. For this reason, we cannot consider the goal of a Terror-free Türkiye separately from the vision of a terror-free zone. In the coming period, Türkiye's goal is to become a country that has ensured its security, strengthened its national unity, produces technology, develops its high value-added industry, and develops agricultural resources.
