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In Since mid‑July 2026 2026, veterans of Turkey’s anti‑terrorism forces and families of fallen soldiers began have maintained a sit‑in at Ankara’s Güvenpark demanding Güvenpark, calling for equal pensions, medical aid aid, prosthetic support, salary parity and other benefits housing assistance across all ranks. Opposition figures—including CHP parliamentary group leader Özgür Özel and Özel, İYİ Party deputy chair Kevser Ofluoğlu—visited Ofluoğlu and Saadet Party head Mahmut Arıkan—visited the camp early demonstrations on and pledged to re‑submit a draft law to eliminate remove rank‑based disparities. The protest persisted into late July. Organizers warned they would commence a hunger strike unless the government addressed gaps in salaries, pensions, prosthetic support and housing aid. İYİ Party General Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu visited the camp site on 29 July, reaffirming the his party’s parliamentary group will draft legislation commitment to close draft legislation. The same day Defense Minister Hulusi Akar addressed the benefit gap. Saadet Party head Mahmut Arıkan also voiced support, protesters, urging swift action. The sit‑in continues them to “go home and sit” while indicating that a bill on veterans’ benefits would be presented to parliament soon. Gaziler Platformu spokesperson Soner Bardakçı confirmed the sit‑in had lasted 18 days. The continued presence of the protest and the heightened political attention keep veteran‑benefit veterans‑benefit reform in public focus on the national agenda and maintains political maintain pressure on the government to amend the Terrorism Law’s relevant provisions. provisions of the Terrorism Law.