CHP Chairman Özgür Özel recently claimed that President Erdoğan offered a CHP mayor to switch to the AK Party, and it was revealed that the mayor in question was CHP Yüreğir Mayor Ali Demirçalı. Following the allegations, Demirçalı made a statement confirming that he had met with Erdoğan, saying, "I thought a general discussion about Adana would take place. Our President welcomed us with kindness. I informed the General Center and our esteemed Chairman before and after the meeting. I will meet whenever our President wishes." A BANNER GESTURE TO ERDOĞANAs the discussions following the Erdoğan-Demirçalı meeting continued to heat up, Demirçalı made a notable move. Before President Erdoğan's program in Yüreğir tomorrow, Demirçalı had a banner hung in the district saying, "Welcome to our Yüreğir, Mr. President." WHAT HAPPENED?In a statement today, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel announced that a CHP district mayor had been called to the Presidential Complex by President Erdoğan and expressed that he was invited to the AK Party. Özel stated that the mayor informed him when he was called and after the meeting, saying, "I couldn't believe my eyes. 'I have a congress in February, will you join us?' How can a party's own child, a mayor, be asked, 'Will you join me at my congress? I will open the way for you, I will do this, I will do that...' And then, in parentheses, 'I know you are a clean man, that's why I am calling you, but they might tarnish your reputation, God forbid,' making threats. And then picking him up with a civilian car and taking him to the palace. Does it suit him? The one who does that there is making this happen here. Here is the official portrait of exhaustion, Tayyip Erdoğan," he had expressed.
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