25.02.2025 15:31
The leader of the CHP, Özgür Özel, stated that the Commander of the Land Forces and the Commander of the Naval Forces pressured for the dismissal of the lieutenants and the retirement of Lieutenant General Tevfik Algan. Özel, who received a thunderous applause in the hall, said, "I am telling you what I told Hulusi Akar. You are people who have received not the blessings but the curses of your friends. I am taking note of you to hold you accountable when the time comes."
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel made evaluations regarding important issues on the agenda during his party's group meeting. Targeting the Commanders of the Land Forces and Naval Forces through the expulsion of lieutenants and the retirement of Lieutenant General Tevfik Algan, Özel said, "I am telling you what I told Hulusi Akar. You are people who have received not the good prayers of your friends, but their curses. I am noting you down to ask for an account when the time comes."
"THEY WANTED TO EXILE TEVFIK ALGAN"
Özel's full statement is as follows: "The soldiers of Mustafa Kemal from the Turkish Armed Forces expelled 5 lieutenants who swore 'We are soldiers of Mustafa Kemal,' as you know. The head of the Disciplinary Board there was the Chief of Staff of the Land Forces Command, Lieutenant General Tevfik Algan. He objected to this expulsion, he raised an objection. Then, those who were disturbed by Algan's attitude wanted to send him into exile. Algan gave them the necessary response by submitting his resignation letter. I am only saying this from here: I know who pressured Algan during that process, who struggled for the expulsion of the lieutenants during that process, and who worked to inflate this process in the media, and I am telling them, by giving their names, just this: I know what you did, Land Forces Commander Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu and Naval Forces Commander Ercüment Tatlıoğlu, and I am telling you what I told Hulusi Akar. You are people who have received not the good prayers of your friends, but their curses.
"I KNOW WHO ERCÜMENT TATLIOĞLU WANTED TO REPLACE"
I know who the Naval Forces Commander wanted to replace, who he was digging a pit for, and how he incited the expulsion of the lieutenants with a psychological war that could be called unconventional warfare, and how the Commander of the Land Forces applied mobbing. I hear it from my comrades. I am noting it down to ask for an account when the time comes."