President Erdoğan's reaction to Özel: What's going on, gentlemen, what war are you in, who are you at war with?

President Erdoğan's reaction to Özel: What's going on, gentlemen, what war are you in, who are you at war with?

21.10.2026 13:00

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President Erdoğan, who made statements at his party's TBMM Group Meeting, reacted to New Party Chairman Özgür Özel's remarks: "I am at war, I am in a great struggle. We have also risked death." 

Erdoğan, who lashed out at Özel without naming him, said: "One of them has come out and is mindlessly saying 'we are at war.' We need to ask this person. What is going on, gentlemen, what war are you in, who are you at war with? Has a mobilization been declared and we didn't hear about it? Was Turkey occupied and we didn't hear about it? You say this without shame. Are you aware of where your words are going? When will you learn to practice responsible politics? Take your hands off the brotherhood of this nation now." 

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