The report and torture allegations had a broad repercussion in the Turkish and International media.[11] The MPs Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu from the Peoples Democratic Party (HDP) and Sezgin Tanrıkulu of the Republican People's Party (CHP) submitted parliamentary questions regarding the incident to be answered by Deputy President Fuat Oktay.[12] Tanrıkulu asked the truthfulness of the allegations about the Turkish intelligence officers’ torture on former diplomats.[13]