Council members from Justice and Development Party (AKP) supported the suggestion while council members from Republican People’s Party (CHP) offered the name “Peace Square”. Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) members requested the name should be changed and renegotiated at a different date.
Önergeyi, Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi’nden (AKP) üyeler desteklerken, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nden (CHP) meclis üyeleri, alana “Barış Meydanı” adı verilmesini istedi.