08.05.2025 14:50
In the investigation regarding the events in front of the Istanbul Courthouse, a request for 15 years and 6 months of imprisonment has been made for 26 suspects, including the CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman Özgür Çelik.
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On January 31, 2025, a total of 26 people, including CHP Provincial Chairman Özgür Çelik, were indicted with sentences of up to 15 years and 6 months regarding the events that occurred in front of the Istanbul Courthouse in Çağlayan, where İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu went to give a statement as part of two separate investigations. The indictment included 5 police officers who were allegedly injured during the events as complainants.
HERE ARE THE NAMES INCLUDED IN THE INDICTMENT
The names included in the indictment are as follows: Istanbul Provincial Chairman Özgür Çelik, his brother Özkan Çelik, Istanbul Provincial Vice Chairman Ali Kocakaya, CHP Istanbul Provincial Youth Branch Chairman Erdem Kara, his assistant Ozan Temürlenk, CHP Provincial Secretary Advisor Yılmaz Boyraz, CHP Sultangazi District Chairman Kemal Avseren, Maltepe District Chairman Kenan Otlu, Maltepe Municipal Council Member Yusuf Alperen Yurdudeven, Esenyurt Municipal Council Member Canali Tan, and Kartal Youth Branch Chairman Kazım Caner Boz, among others, are listed as suspects.
Çelik and the CHP members are accused of "Resisting to Prevent Duty," "Participating in Illegal Meetings and Marches Without Weapons and Not Dispersing Despite Warnings," "Intentional Injury," and "Causing Damage to Public Property."
WHO IS ÖZGÜR ÇELİK?
He was born in 1981 in Sivas. After completing his undergraduate education in communication, he completed his Master's degree in Political Science at Istanbul University and then pursued a second Master's degree in Local Governments, Urban and Environmental Studies at Istanbul University. He is the founder and director of an institution that has been active in the field of education for 20 years.
Between 2015 and 2018, he served as the Vice Chairman responsible for Financial Affairs in the CHP Bahçelievler District Presidency. He was elected as the District Chairman with the preference of our valuable organization at the 11th Ordinary Congress of CHP Bahçelievler District held on March 25, 2018. He was re-elected at the 12th Ordinary Congress of CHP Bahçelievler held on December 22, 2019, continuing his role as District Chairman.
Çelik continues to serve as the CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman, a position he was elected to at the 38th Ordinary Istanbul Provincial Congress held on October 8, 2023.
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