09.10.2026 21:20
New Party General Chairman Özgür Özel spoke at the public gathering in front of the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality about the name mix-up that arose from the fund investigation. New Party leader Özel said that while he apologized to the father of Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, Ümit Özlale had also been subjected to defamation, but no apology was made.
New Party Chairman Özgür Özel apologized at the public meeting in Mersin due to the misnaming regarding the father of Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş. The New Party leader stated that his party's İzmir MP Ümit Özlale was also subjected to slander but no apology was made, and said, 'There is hypocrisy here.'
HE APOLOGIZED TO MINISTER GÖKTAŞ'S FATHER IN MERSİN
New Party Chairman Özgür Özel addressed citizens at the public meeting held in front of the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality. New Party Chairman Özgür Özel, who devoted part of his speech to the allegations put forward within the scope of the fund investigation, touched on the name confusion in the statements of New Party İzmir MP Ümit Özlale. Stating that the allegation put forward about the father of Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş stemmed from incorrect naming, New Party Chairman Özgür Özel apologized to Minister of Family and Social Services Göktaş's father.
'I APOLOGIZE TO THE UNCLE, BUT THERE IS HYPOCRISY HERE'
New Party Chairman Özel, while expressing that he understood the illness experienced by Minister Göktaş's father, argued that other families also deserve similar sensitivity. 'I apologize to the uncle, but there is hypocrisy here,' said Özel, arguing that New Party İzmir MP Ümit Özlale was also slandered through the similarity of names.