15.10.2025 23:42
Speaking at the CHP rally in Sarıyer, the party's leader Özgür Özel promised that if they come to power, all interest on credit cards that fall into arrears will be wiped out within the first 100 days, and the principal of the debt will be divided into installments. Özel stated, "We will free the people from this spiral of interest in the first 100 days of our government."
```html
CHP held the 62nd of its "Defending the Will of the Nation" rallies in Sarıyer, Istanbul, demanding the release of Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested as part of a 'corruption' investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and calling for early elections.
ÖZEL'S "FIRST 100 DAYS" PROMISE
Speaking to the crowd gathered at Cumhuriyet Square, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel stated that if they come to power, they will provide comprehensive economic relief in the 'first 100 days'. Özel promised that the interest on overdue credit card debts would be erased, the principal would be converted into installments; the interest on agricultural loans would be removed, and the interest on accounts with negative balances would be erased while the principal would be divided.
"WE WILL FREE THE PEOPLE FROM THE INTEREST TRAP"
Özel's remarks on the subject were as follows: "We are the Turkey alliance that shows that social democrats, conservative democrats, nationalist democrats, Kurdish democrats, liberal democrats, and socialist democrats can stand together. We promise to the Turkey alliance. Under the rule of the Republican People's Party, without much delay, within the first 100 days, we will erase all the interest on overdue credit cards, we will also divide the principal of the debt, I promise. Additionally, farmers are in a very difficult situation. We will remove the interest on their agricultural loans, we will divide the principal, we will erase the interest on accounts that have fallen into negative balances, and we will divide the principal. We will free the people from this interest trap and the dark order of the AK Party in the first 100 days of our government, and we will allow them to take a deep breath."
```