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title: "Bahçeli says İmralı structure is \"not a villa, but a 250-square-metre residence\""
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-17-bahceli-says-imrali-structure-not-villa/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-17
updated: 2026-09-17T09:26:03.309Z
category: politics
sources: 3
agreement: single-source
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# Bahçeli says İmralı structure is "not a villa, but a 250-square-metre residence"

MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli rejected comments that a villa was built for Abdullah Öcalan on İmralı, saying a 250-square-metre residence was built within the prison compound. In the same remarks he reiterated that the People's Alliance candidate is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

## Who is in this story

- [Devlet Bahçeli](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/devlet-bahceli/) — People
- [MHP](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/mhp/) — Parties
- [Abdullah Öcalan](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/abdullah-ocalan/) — People
- [Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/recep-tayyip-erdogan/) — People
- [İmralı](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/imrali/) — Places

## News sources

- [Bahçeli’den düzeltme: Villa değil konut](https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/bahceliden-duzeltme-villa-degil-konut-43309341) — Hürriyet (pro-government) — 2026-09-17
- [Terror-free Türkiye architect confirms eased conditions for Öcalan](https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/war-on-terror/terror-free-turkiye-architect-confirms-eased-conditions-for-ocalan) — Daily Sabah (pro-government) — 2026-09-16
- [Bahçeli'den Başkan Erdoğan mesajı: Üçüncü hilali de tamamlayacak! İmralı'da villa iddialarına yalanlama](https://www.ahaber.com.tr/gundem/2026/09/16/bahceliden-net-mesaj-adayimiz-erdogan-ucuncu-hilali-de-tamamlayacak) — A Haber (pro-government) — 2026-09-16

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-17-bahceli-imrali-yapi-villa-degil-250/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-17-bahceli-says-imrali-structure-not-villa/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-17-bakhcheli-zayavil-zdanie-ostrove-imraly-villa/

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