19.03.2025 11:45
A support for Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was detained as part of a corruption and terrorism investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB), also came from Canan Kaftancıoğlu. The former CHP Istanbul Provincial Chair stated, "This is absolutely unacceptable; we are taking the mandate. I will be in Istanbul to stand by those who have been wronged in the face of this lawlessness as soon as arrangements are made."
As part of two separate investigations conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office regarding terrorism and organized crimes against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), 84 people, including IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu, were detained.
A REACTION FROM KAFTANCIOĞLU
A reaction to the detention of IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu also came from former CHP Istanbul Provincial Chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu.
"UNACCEPTABLE, WE ARE TAKING THE TRUST"
Quoting a video that İmamoğlu recorded before his detention, Kaftancıoğlu stated in a message on her X account, "A coup is being carried out against the mayor elected by the people of Istanbul, using the law as a tool against the will of the people of Istanbul. This is absolutely unacceptable, we are taking the trust. I will be in Istanbul to stand with those who have been wronged in the face of this lawlessness, no matter what arrangements are made," she said.
SHE HAD ALSO STRONGLY RESPONDED TO THE CANCELLATION OF HIS DIPLOMA
Kaftancıoğlu, who supported İmamoğlu with a message she published in the evening after Istanbul University canceled his diploma, stated, "We have seen a lot of lawlessness in this country, but this is just too much! The attempt to disqualify a rival by instrumentalizing the judiciary is nothing but desperation. Everyone with a conscience/morality and all members of the Republican People's Party will stand against this unlawful decision and will be on the side of Ekrem İmamoğlu, who has been wronged..." she had said.