Özgür Özel broke his silence after allegations of an affair.

CHP General Chairman Özgür Özel and Manisa Şehzadeler Mayor Gülşah Durbay were accused of having a forbidden love affair. In a statement regarding the allegations, Durbay firmly denied the claims that she had a relationship with Özel and had an abortion.

ÖZEL BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON THE FORBIDDEN LOVE

CHP General Chairman Özgür Özel, who was expected to comment on the allegations in the public eye, broke his silence during his party's group meeting today. Using very harsh expressions regarding the ugly allegations, Özel said, "They claimed that my one and only daughter's mother, with whom I have been together for 31 years, filed for divorce. We couldn't believe it. We thought it would stop there, but they fabricated some lies. They were going to punish us on April 1, but they couldn't, as the party is going to power, and they thought they would tarnish the general chairman, who has been in this party since he was 18 years old, serving this party for 18 years, with the full consensus of Manisa... I ran as a candidate in Manisa, Gülşah was the head of the youth branches. Since that day, we have been walking together throughout Manisa. We had 1 deputy, and we made it 4. We received 29% 10 months ago. In this election, we received 59% of the votes.

"IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE PROMISE I MADE TO ATATÜRK, I WOULD DO SOMETHING ELSE"

Gülşah Durbay won Şehzadeler, the central district, the district we have never won, the district where Fatih ran to the throne, with her honesty and hard work. I am really struggling with this much immorality, this much lack of integrity, this much ugliness... If it weren't for the promise I made to Atatürk, I would say damn it and do something else... Those accounts spreading this lie turned the days when Gülşah was in the hospital into an immoral slander. I will explain the essence of the matter. She has been suffering from intestinal disease since childhood.

“ARE THEY WAITING FOR US TO FALL FOR THE TRAP?”

CHP will not kneel to slanders. They are waiting for us to fall for the trap. Are there any who saw those who seem to be CHP in the last election? CHP does not feed a troll army, does not attack below the belt. Those who do this are not CHP members. For me, it doesn't matter, they are waiting for us to fall for this trap. If we bend even a centimeter, we are dishonorable. Those hypocrites, those immoral people who find a face from somewhere and create a position for themselves from a contradiction, if I don't curse your forehead, I am dishonorable, dishonorable, dishonorable..." he stated.

WHAT HAD HAPPENED?

Some media outlets had claimed that CHP General Chairman Özgür Özel was having a forbidden love affair with Manisa Şehzadeler Mayor Gülşah Durbay. After these bombshell allegations hit the agenda, Gülşah Durbay, who was in the spotlight, responded to the news about her by publishing a video on her social media account.

ANNOUNCED SHE HAS COLON CANCER

Durbay, who published a video titled "This statement is for my city, my family, my party, and all people with a conscience," stated that she was slandered and mentioned that she had taken legal action against hundreds of people who made the allegations. Announcing that she has colon cancer, Durbay said, "I couldn't explain my illness to my sister, who is expecting a baby. I couldn't talk to her. I will never forget the pain of this. I will never forgive."

"IT WAS NOT SOMETHING MY DOCTORS EXPECTED"

Durbay stated the following in her announcement: "Dear citizens of Manisa; on August 2, I underwent an intestinal operation performed by Associate Professor Tayfun Bişgin at İzmir 9 Eylül University Hospital due to an intestinal disorder I have been suffering from since 2008. I recovered from the difficulties I experienced after the operation. I returned to my duties in a better condition than before. However, last month, on September 4, I learned from the pathology report that I have colon cancer. Due to the good condition of both the surgery and my health after the operation, the result was not something either I or my doctors expected.

"I POSTPONED THE EXPLANATION BECAUSE MY SISTER HAD A RISKY PREGNANCY..."

As I mentioned earlier, with my doctor's approval, I had started my duties in a very healthy manner without any complaints. After the diagnosis, we evaluated the situation with all the expert teams to continue my duties in the strongest way and to receive the best treatment. I wanted to share the entire process with you transparently. However, I postponed the explanation because my sister had a risky pregnancy and I didn't want it to affect her and my unborn niece's health."