CHP leader Özel apologized for the footage of Özkan Yalım.

CHP leader Özel apologized for the footage of Özkan Yalım.

28.03.2026 15:30

CHP leader Özel, who made evaluations regarding the footage of Uşak Mayor Özkan Yalım being taken into custody, stated, "Özkan Yalım is responsible to his family and his party regarding those images. We will do whatever our responsibility requires in that regard. I apologize to my people for allowing such images to surface. I am ashamed of the dissemination of these images."

CHP's 100th rally 'Defending the Will of the Nation' was held in Çanakkale. While İmamoğlu's letter was being read, Özgür Özel also spoke about the footage related to the detention of Uşak Mayor Yalım. 

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