27.02.2025 12:21
The Ministry of National Defense (MSB) made a statement regarding Özgür Özel, who reacted to the dismissal decision concerning the lieutenants, saying, "The statements targeting our Force Commanders personally and the Ministry of National Defense in general are unacceptable. All legal rights will be exercised."
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The reactions of the Ministry of National Defense came to the words of CHP Chairman Özgür Özel regarding the force commanders during his party's group meeting. The ministry is taking Özel's words directed at the Commander of the Land Forces, Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu, and the Commander of the Naval Forces, Ercüment Tatlıoğlu, to the judiciary, stating, "I am telling you what I said to Hulusi Akar. You are people who have received the curse of your friends."
A weekly press briefing was held at the Ministry of National Defense (MSB). MSB sources also answered journalists' questions after the press briefing.
"UNACCEPTABLE"
In response to questions about whether the Force Commanders would file a criminal complaint after the controversial statements of CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, ministry sources said: "The statements targeting the person of our Force Commanders and, in general, our Ministry of National Defense are unacceptable. All legal rights will be exercised."
ERDOĞAN: YOU WILL KNOW YOUR LIMITS
Another reaction to Özel came from President Erdoğan during the AK Party Expanded Provincial Chairmen's Meeting held yesterday. Erdoğan stated, "Mr. Özel talks a lot, but he talks nonsense. His debt of gratitude puts Mr. Özel in a difficult position. The low-level, irresponsible, and aggressive expressions he used regarding the command echelon of our army are the latest example. Mr. Özel, I am addressing you as the commander-in-chief. You will know your limits; if you don't, we know how to bring you to order. You do not have the authority or right to insult the command echelon of our army. You will know your limits."
WHAT DID ÖZEL SAY?
Republican People's Party Chairman Özgür Özel said the following during his party's group meeting:
"The soldiers of Mustafa Kemal from the Turkish Armed Forces, who swore, 'We are Mustafa Kemal's soldiers,' expelled 5 lieutenants, as you know. The head of the Disciplinary Board there was the Chief of Staff of the Land Forces Command, Lieutenant General Tevfik Algan. He objected to this expulsion. Then, those who were disturbed by Algan's attitude wanted to send him into exile. Algan gave them the necessary response by submitting his resignation letter. I am only saying this from here: I know who pressured Algan during that process, who struggled for the expulsion of the lieutenants, and who worked to inflate this process in the media, and I am telling them, naming them: I know what you did, Commander of the Land Forces Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu and Commander of the Naval Forces Ercüment Tatlıoğlu, and I am telling you what I said to Hulusi Akar. You are people who have received the curse of your friends.
I know who the Commander of the Naval Forces wanted to replace, who dug the grave for whom, and how he incited the expulsion of the lieutenants with a psychological war that could be called unconventional warfare, and how the Commander of the Land Forces applied mobbing. I hear it from my comrades. I am noting it down to hold them accountable when the time comes."
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