The first request of Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat, who was detained, has been revealed.

After the detention of Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat as part of an investigation into a criminal organization, the wait initiated by party members in front of Beşiktaş Municipality continued throughout the day.

"THE OPERATION IS AIMED AT HALTING THE CHP'S POWER MARCH"

CHP Deputy Chairpersons Gökan Zeybek and Gül Çiftci, along with CHP Istanbul Provincial Chair Özgür Çelik, provided information about the latest developments in front of the municipality in the evening hours. CHP Istanbul Provincial Chair Özgür Çelik stated that the detention of Rıza Akpolat is an assassination of reputation, saying: "This is an attempt to weaken the perception of Turkey's leading party in the public eye. This is an attempt to halt the Republican People's Party's march to power. Rıza Akpolat is well-known by the people of Beşiktaş. Rıza Akpolat is well-known by the Republican People's Party. Rıza Akpolat is a comrade who has served as a youth branch manager, district chair, and provincial vice-chair in the Republican People's Party. Rıza Akpolat has been serving as the Mayor of Beşiktaş for 6 years. The social municipal practices Rıza Akpolat has implemented in Beşiktaş over the past 6 years have become examples for other districts in Istanbul. In this respect, the operation carried out is an operation against the Republican People's Party. The operation is aimed at halting the Republican People's Party's march to power. We, as the Republican People's Party, will continue our struggle against these operations with determination. The Republican People's Party is a political party born under the conditions of the National Struggle. The Republican People's Party is the party of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Rıza Akpolat is the mayor of the party of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who has made it his mission to serve his homeland and nation. In this respect, the Republican People's Party is here. We are at Beşiktaş Municipality. We stand tall and will continue to fight for democracy together from here.

"WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEFEND THE WILL OF THE NATION"

They condemn retirees to live on 14 thousand lira. They condemn minimum wage earners to live on 22 thousand lira. They are dragging the people into poverty and misery. But citizens see CHP municipalities as a solution and the municipalities of the Republican People's Party stand by our neighbors and citizens whom they have impoverished and dragged into misery. This is exactly why they carry out operations. They are trying to stop the municipalities of the Republican People's Party. They are trying to halt the Republican People's Party's march to power. They will not succeed. We will not allow this. We will continue to serve our people. And we will stand tall to defend democracy. We will continue to uphold the will of the nation. Because we know that sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the nation."

"STATEMENTS HAVE STARTED TO BE TAKEN"

CHP Deputy Chair Gül Çiftci stated that they are following the detention process with a strong legal team, saying, "We will bring our mayor back to serve the people of Beşiktaş by taking him from there. As of this hour, statements have started to be taken. Health checks are completed. Statements are ongoing. The file is a crowded one. We expect it to take a long time. The detention period ends on Thursday, and as of Thursday, we will start providing you with healthier information. The file is proceeding on a confidentiality basis. We do not yet have clear information regarding the file. As we gradually become informed, we will continue to keep you updated as statements are taken and continue. We have previously expressed this in different ways. We said it in the case known to the public as the 'fool' case against our Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor. We also said it during the process experienced by our Esenyurt Mayor Ahmet Özer. We will not allow those who try to design politics through the judiciary. We will not allow the discrediting operation against our Beşiktaş Mayor Rıza Akpolat, who was elected with a record vote as the choice of the entire public in Beşiktaş Municipality. We will not allow our mayors, elected by the people at the ballot box, to be removed from their positions through court decisions and judicial means," she said.

ATTENTION-GRABBING REQUEST FROM AKPOLAT

CHP Deputy Chair Gökan Zeybek also provided the following information: "Just a moment ago, our parliamentary colleagues Mr. Yunus Emre and Mr. Cahit Arı, when they visited Rıza Akpolat at Vatan Security, the first thing Rıza Akpolat said was, 'We were sending meals to 5 thousand citizens from the soup kitchen every day. Our request from you is to ensure that the meal needs of these needy citizens are met completely.' His only wish is again for the people of Beşiktaş, to solve the problems of the workers of Beşiktaş. He expressed his solidarity feelings in the strongest way. He stated that his morale is very high. However, the fact that the employees of Beşiktaş Municipality and BELTAŞ, who were detained in the dawn operation, are being questioned today at 16:00 also raises the question of why this haste. I mean, if you are going to start questioning 36 hours later, you need to ask why you detained people in the dark of night and the dawn light. It is clear that the file is empty, and they need time to fill the file.

"ABANDON THIS REPUTATION ASSASSINATION"

Whether it is our Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, all 26 municipalities we govern, or all 412 municipalities in Turkey, we will continue our people-oriented, public-oriented management approach. We will produce services by increasing our revenues for our social policies, from soup kitchens to kindergartens, from student dormitories to city restaurants, from home care services to student scholarships, starting with the most disadvantaged groups in society. My call from here is this: Today is the second day, there are two questions you can ask the Mayor of Beşiktaş. There is only one answer you will receive. You know that the works done are correct. Abandon this reputation assassination. Take his statement before midnight tonight, release him. Tomorrow morning, let Rıza Akpolat come to his office in the municipality and continue his duties."