CHP leader Özel broke his silence regarding the mayors who did not come to Esenyurt.

After the arrest of Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet Özer in the early hours of the day before yesterday and his subsequent detention, as well as the appointment of a trustee in his place, the CHP held a demonstration in Esenyurt Republic Square, attended by mayors and deputies. It was noteworthy that Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş, Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan, and Afyonkarahisar Mayor Burcu Köksal did not attend the demonstration.

STATEMENT FROM ÖZGÜR ÖZEL

Following this development, the eyes turned to CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, who made a striking statement regarding the issue. Özel stated that all the mayors who did not attend the demonstration provided valid reasons, saying, "Mr. Mansur attended another event organized with the same feelings as us. When mayors are told to be here the next day, they do not always have the opportunity. We are extremely respectful of important excuses and programs that cannot be postponed. Perhaps 60% of our mayors could not attend. There are more who could not come. This is not due to not responding to the call, but out of the responsibility not to disrupt their public duties."

Highlights from Özel's statements;

"As we had previously planned, we were supposed to be in camp in Antalya today. However, due to a bomb dropped on Turkey's agenda, a dagger struck at democracy, and a bad scalpel aimed at politics, we canceled our camp. We held our Central Executive Committee meeting in Esenyurt yesterday. Today, together with all our deputies, we are starting our meeting here to focus more on this hot agenda and to discuss the real problems of the nation, primarily the economy, in the upcoming budget calendar with our group."

Today, we will discuss the hot agenda with all our deputies. Tomorrow, we will talk about the political agenda that developed after the March 31 elections, how our party can maintain and develop its position as number 1 after 47 years.

On Sunday, we will discuss how effective, clear, and strong politics regarding the correct transfer of the budget to the citizens will be followed, focusing more on budget discussions.

One of our eyes is in Silivri, and our hands and ears are in Esenyurt. Our deputy friends will not leave Esenyurt empty from now on; none of us will leave it empty.

Esenyurt was won by the AK Party in 2004 while being managed by the CHP. Recently, it has been managed by Necmi Kadıoğlu, who has also been on the agenda with social media posts. We handed it over with a population of under 100,000, and we took it back with a population of 1 million. Esenyurt is like a museum of urban crimes. Every evil done to a city has been done to Esenyurt. Unlimited floors have been given to small parcels, and the wind cannot pass between the blocks. Esenyurt is a place where the AK Party has knowingly remained silent about crimes committed against the city. Esenyurt had enough of this, and they gave it to us in 2019.

Mr. Necmi was forced to resign in 2017. We have not heard of any prosecution against him. Now he is coming to the agenda with social media posts, saying, 'We are coming back.' Yes, they have come back. They could not digest being given to us. They came at the first opportunity; with lies, deceit, and slander, labeling a community leader and professor who has been a member of our party for 10 years as a member of a separatist organization, putting him in Silivri, and then appointing someone they are sure of their loyalty and who could commit crimes as a trustee instead of electing him from the municipal council.

They are coming to commit crimes against the city and manage the rent. All Esenyurt residents know that while Esenyurt with a population of 100,000 was made into a city with a population of 1 million, it was done through those dirty relationships. Esenyurt is a museum of urban crimes, and its founder is the politics of the Justice and Development Party, AK Party municipalism. Beylikdüzü and Esenyurt are borders; there is a chasm between them. Because one is managed by those who love the city, and the other by those who exploit it.

DISCUSSION ON SINE-I MİLLET

Discussions on Sine-i millet are popular discussions on social media during every crisis. Our MYK meeting has ended; we talked after we came out. I did not know that Mr. Kemal also participated in those evaluations. It was not actually a response to Mr. Kemal. They are trapping politics with the Sine-i millet like a homemade bomb. Forcing early elections is patriotism. Defending Sine-i millet is falling into a trap. He knows it too, but unfortunately, there are some friends focused on social media who contribute to the communication of the esteemed chairman. Then I saw the correction of the General Chairman to Fikret Bila, saying, 'I meant to say we want early elections.' That is correct."