27.11.2025 19:20
After Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş filed a criminal complaint against former Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Melih Gökçek and AK Party Ankara Deputy Osman Gökçek, a counterattack ensued. Osman Gökçek stirred up the rumors with a claim he shared. Gökçek stated that Yavaş was trying to put pressure on the courts with his criminal complaint.
The Mayor of Ankara, Mansur Yavaş, had filed a criminal complaint alleging that former Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek and AK Party Ankara Deputy Osman Gökçek had met with inspectors who granted permission for an investigation against him and the Inspection Board; claiming that they lobbied against Yavaş during these meetings.
"AN ATTEMPT TO DISTRACT THE AGENDA AND PRESSURE THE COURT"
Following Yavaş's move, the first attack came from AK Party Ankara Deputy Osman Gökçek.
In a post on his social media account, Gökçek claimed that the criminal complaint was aimed at "distracting the agenda." He stated that he welcomed the complaint, asserting that Yavaş was trying to pressure the courts.
"I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT"
In his post, Gökçek expressed the following:
Mansur Yavaş, who incurred a cost of 69 million TL for the Ebru Gündeş concert worth 5 million TL in Ankara, filing a criminal complaint against me regarding the concerts is a clear attempt to distract the agenda. The main aim of Yavaş's initiatives is to pressure the courts. While there are serious questions in the public about how the money of the people of Ankara has been used in various areas, from towers to coffins, and purchases of paper cups, trying to divert attention instead of clarifying these questions cannot save anyone. The question of how public resources have melted away through closed-door, tailored tenders instead of open tenders is also evident, and these questions will find answers before justice sooner or later. I welcome the criminal complaint made against me; because Yavaş will be faced with the obligation to answer all these questions regarding the expenditures discussed in the public. I also express here that I am looking forward to Yavaş's explanations regarding the frauds in court.