20.03.2025 14:51
The leader of the CHP, Özgür Özel, did not leave the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) after the protest held in Saraçhane on the day Ekrem İmamoğlu was taken into custody. Some media outlets captured and reported images of Özel sleeping on a sofa bed overnight.
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In the early hours of yesterday morning, İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained at his residence as part of a corruption and terrorism investigation.
While İmamoğlu's detention procedures were ongoing, his supporters held a protest in Saraçhane last night. CHP Chairman Özgür Özel also addressed citizens in front of the İBB Presidential Building.
THEY CAPTURED THE SOFA WHERE HE SLEPT
After the crowd dispersed later in the night, Özel spent the night at İBB's central campus in Saraçhane. Özel, who was in Saraçhane all day yesterday, slept here with CHP executives, CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman Özgür Çelik, mayors, and members of parliament. In the early hours of the day, the sofa where Özel slept was recorded by journalists.
Here is the bed where Özgür Özel spent the night;
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