02.04.2025 07:40
CHP leader Özgür Özel reacted to TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıkoğlu, who said, "Calls for a boycott are wrong." Özel stated, "Submitting the institution you represent to the authority's command is devastating for its members. Look at the state you have brought this large institution to. Your members stand with the rightful and against oppression. Where are you?"
After the arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his transfer to Silivri Prison in the corruption investigation against the IMM, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel had called for a boycott of some brands.
As the number of brands increased over time, a general call for boycott was made today. TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, reacting to the developments, stated, "It is wrong to target our companies that produce, provide employment, and invest, and to call for boycotts. Our companies should be kept out of political discussions."
"WHERE DO YOU CLAIM TO DERIVE YOUR POWER FROM?"
The reaction to Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu's post came from CHP leader Özgür Özel. Özel quoted Hisarcıklıoğlu's post and used the following expressions; "Mr. President; We have no problem with those who invest and provide employment. No one is dragging companies into political discussions. Who are you serving with this comment? The fact that you have put the institution you represent at the disposal of the government is devastating for its members. Look at the state you have brought this great institution to. You don't have the courage to open your tweet to comments, why, who are you afraid of? Where do you claim to derive your power from? We are stronger than you in your Union. A significant majority of your members are with us. Because we have moral superiority. Because we are right. Your members are also on the side of the right and against oppression. Where are you? We are on the side of the right. We will win. You and your understanding will lose…"