CHP Chairman Özgür Özel answered questions related to the agenda during a live broadcast on SZC TV. In response to the question, "Will a trustee be appointed to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM)?" Özel stated that they are working on the issue and said, "We do not see this as likely or feasible." "I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT AT ALL"Özel answered the question by saying, "I do not recommend the appointment of trustees to the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) at all. We have been working long and hard on what we should do about this. From the very first moment, we have been discussing what the party will do, what the province will do, what other provinces will do, what IMM will do, and what Mr. Ekrem will do. We have been working through a series of meetings day by day, minute by minute, for about 4 weeks. We do not see this as likely or feasible." "TRUSTEES WOULD SET TURKEY BACK 80 YEARS"Stating that the trustee issue is a very serious matter, the CHP leader said, "Firstly, it is something that sets Turkey's democracy back 80 years. Turkey has been a country where people elect their mayors and decide who will manage the cities with the votes they cast for 80 years, and this has been the case since the CHP transitioned to a multi-party regime. No one has dared to do such a thing in any period, and while this government cannot win municipalities, it is taking them over with trustees. It is punishing the Kurdish voters who did not vote for it," he said.
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