20.03.2025 14:21
The first comment from the AK Party regarding the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has arrived. Spokesperson Ömer Çelik stated, "We have no information about the case; what a politician should do is to follow the judicial process."
87 people, including Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, were detained as part of the corruption and terrorism investigation regarding the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
The first comment regarding the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu came from the AK Party. Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik stated in a live broadcast, "We have no information about the file; what politicians should do is to follow the judicial process."
STRIKING WORDS FROM AK PARTY SPOKESPERSON ÇELİK
Highlights from AK Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik's statements are as follows: "What politicians should do is to follow the judicial processes. None of us have the legitimacy to make any assessment regarding the judicial process. However, Mr. Özgür Özel claims that this is a coup attempt against our President and our party directed at the CHP. Where is the point where politics should stop? On what principles does the opposition shape its opposition? It has been observed that the CHP has no learning capability regarding this. From the perspective of the CHP, our name is written alongside democracy, while the coup is written in opposition to it. If a special search engine had been created for Turkish political life, when 'coup' and 'coupist' were searched, the result would immediately show the CHP.
"ÖZEL ACCUSES US OF DESIGNING POLITICS THROUGH LAW"
Our President's political struggle has taken place despite the CHP's obstructions and attempts at tutelage, resulting in democratic outcomes. Mr. Özgür Özel's equating this judicial process with July 15 is political ignorance. Our nation has shown this political organization, which considers itself the owner of the state and the will of the nation, its place in all elections and democratic competitions. Equating judicial processes with the terrorist coup attempts of July 15 has entered our political history as political frivolity. Mr. Özgür Özel accuses us of designing politics through law. We know very well where politics should stop. While we meet with our nation in the squares, the CHP has been involved in some activities aimed at undermining the national will in some dark corridors.
"WE ARE A PARTY THAT HAS DRAWN OUR POLITICAL MAP THROUGH OPEN ROADS"
In the face of Mr. Özgür Özel's claims, he cannot show any period in which the CHP did not engage in committee activities against democratically emerged wills. We are a party that has drawn our political map through open roads, not by designing politics through illegal means like you. The words you have said to our President will be a shame written on your forehead. We know that our President has carried out a democratization process, risking all kinds of political assassinations.
"THINKS A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE REGARDING THE GENERAL ELECTION"
Whether it is called reconciliation or normalization in the CHP, the same mentality always exists in the kitchen. Only the sign changes. The Yassıada mentality remains the same. Instead of attacking us, Mr. Özgür Özel should say what he thinks about these claims. Can Mr. Özel say, "I think these claims are not true"? Does he say, "If the claims are proven, I can resign from the presidency"? Mr. Özgür Özel confuses the internal processes of the CHP with the processes of the country. He thinks it is Turkey's official ballot box. He thinks a decision has been made regarding the general election."