19.02.2025 12:30
In a speech to the party group, President Erdoğan harshly criticized CHP leader Özgür Özel, who misread Ziya Gökalp's poem "Soldier's Prayer" while trying to criticize him. Erdoğan stated, "The circuits burned, there was a memory error. Mr. Özel has become a disgrace to 85 million people. It has become clear that he is the one who truly lacks knowledge of poetry and culture."
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In the AK Party's parliamentary group meeting, President Erdoğan criticized CHP Chairman Özgür Özel with harsh words regarding the issues on the agenda.
"85 MILLION HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED"
During his visit to the CHP Ahmetli District Presidency in Manisa, the footage of CHP leader Özgür Özel misreading Ziya Gökalp's poem 'Soldier's Prayer' while trying to criticize President Erdoğan caused a great stir. Referring to that footage in his speech to the party group, President Erdoğan said, "Mr. Özel has been trying to legitimize the slogans of marginal leftist organizations for the last three weeks. He has displayed every kind of skill, even to the point of indecent insults. What happened in the end? The engine boiled over... The circuits burned, and there was a memory error. Mr. Özel has embarrassed 85 million people. It has become clear that he is the one who does not know poetry, the one who does not know culture. Words are important in politics. Saying whatever comes to mind is not a wise political method. We hope that Mr. Özel will quickly recover himself."
Highlights from Erdoğan's statements;
"I greet you with my warmest feelings. I welcome those who have attended the group meeting. We have had very important contacts and visits both inside and outside. Before we move on to the Southeast Asia trip that has made a significant impact in our country and abroad, we would like to address a few issues.
"THE OPPOSITION HAS NO IDEA ABOUT THE WORLD"
As the People's Alliance and the AK Party, we are intensively continuing our work under the roof of the Parliament. We are striving to fulfill our responsibility to our esteemed nation as an alliance. The opposition is doing everything it can to slow us down. Our people are expecting services, Turkey has needs, our bureaucracy is experiencing difficulties, and our country is falling behind in the global competition. Unfortunately, none of these concerns the opposition at all. They have no idea about the world. There is an unclosed opposition gap in Turkey. We see that this gap is growing day by day. The opposition has never given up on turning political competition into political hostility. They wasted time for Turkey and caused irreparable damage.
"MEMORY ERROR OCCURRED, 85 MILLION HAVE BEEN EMBARRASSED"
While we were standing against tanks on July 15, they were watching the coup while sipping their coffee. There has been no change in their foreign mentality towards their own people. Hopes for change with the new chairman quickly turned into disappointment. Mr. Özel has not done justice to the seat he occupies with his style of politics. As we look at the tragicomic state of the CHP leader, we feel sorry for our citizens who vote for this party. Mr. Özel has been trying to legitimize the slogans of marginal leftist organizations for the last three weeks. He has displayed every kind of skill, even to the point of indecent insults. What happened in the end? The engine boiled over... The circuits burned, and there was a memory error. Mr. Özel has embarrassed 85 million people. It has become clear that he is the one who does not know poetry, the one who does not know culture. Words are important in politics. Saying whatever comes to mind is not a wise political method. We hope that Mr. Özel will quickly recover himself."
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