05.05.2025 09:30
The detention period of the assailant Selçuk Tengioğlu, who attacked CHP Chairman Özgür Özel with a punch while exiting the protocol door at AKM, has been extended by one day.
A ceremony was held at the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) for the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Istanbul MP of the DEM Party, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who passed away in the hospital where he was being treated for heart disease. After the ceremony held for Önder, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel was punched by the assailant Selçuk Tengioğlu, who approached him at that moment.
HERE IS HIS STATEMENT AT THE POLICE
Selçuk Tengioğlu, 66, who attacked Özel with a punch, was quickly detained by police teams, and his statement at the police station was also obtained.
"I GOT ANGRY AT CHP CALLING YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE STREETS"
S.T., who has a criminal record for killing two of his children in Hatay in 2004 and was conditionally released after spending 20 years in prison, stated, "I applied to the Republican People's Party for a meal card before, but they did not give me food because I was not a party member. Because of this, I had been angry for a long time.
I had been keeping the anger I accumulated regarding CHP calling young people to the streets inside me. I left the apart hotel where I was staying in Taksim, I heard there was a program. When I went there, I actually had no intention of attacking, but I couldn't control my nerves when I saw it," it was learned.
HE WAS WORKING AS A DISHWASHER
It was determined that S.T. had no terrorist connections and was working as a dishwasher in a restaurant. The suspect, whose official statement has not yet begun, provided these answers to the initial questions.
DETENTION PERIOD EXTENDED
As the detention period of Selçuk Tengioğlu, who attacked Özel, was about to expire, it was decided to extend it by one day on the grounds that the investigation was deepening.