24.03.2025 22:40
After the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel called for a boycott of many companies, especially some television channels. This time, he issued a threat by naming specific businesses. Özel stated, "From now on, we will not visit Espressolab, and we will not drink their coffee."
To protest the detention and arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main address of the demonstrations was the Saraçhane campus, where the İBB headquarters is located. CHP Chairman Özgür Özel addressed the crowd once again in Saraçhane.
ÖZEL CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF FAMOUS COFFEE CHAIN
Reacting by calling for a boycott of media organizations that did not cover the demonstrations in Saraçhane, CHP leader Özel threatened this time by naming names. Özel stated that they would no longer drink coffee from the famous coffee chain Espressolab.
"WE WILL NOT DRINK THEIR COFFEES FROM NOW ON"
Özel said: "I love all kinds of coffee. I love Turkish coffee, filter coffee, all of them. Drink whichever you like, but do not drink it from Espressolab! We will not visit Espressolab on campus, we will not drink their coffee. The executives of the mainstream media should get a coffee and think it over until the end of the speech. I love Turkish coffee, filter coffee very much, I love all kinds, and I recommend you drink whichever you like, but do not drink it from Espressolab. From now on, we will not visit Espressolab, we will not drink their coffees."
"WE WILL NAME THE COMPANIES"
Özel used the following expressions: "Yesterday I said, look channel by channel. Whoever gives coverage is a crown jewel, whoever does not, do not watch their channels, do not watch their advertisements. When we said this yesterday, two channels that never give coverage split the screen in two, put you in the middle, and commentators on both sides; whether they gave or not. We will say that we will watch a little longer. Soon we will come to the boycott and name their companies. But now we are watching what they will do tonight. If those channels give coverage while I am saying important things, great, if they don’t, they will see the bottom!"