27.03.2025 08:11
In the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM), the arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu led to discussions between CHP and AK Party deputies. In response to AK Party Istanbul Deputy Nurettin Alan's statement, "Is there no corruption here?" CHP Deputy Emir replied, "This is what happens after going through FETÖ's training. Because they present non-existent allegations and the lies spread by the pool media as if they were true."
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey convened under the chairmanship of Deputy Speaker Celal Adan to discuss the 'Draft Law on Amendments to the Youth and Sports Services Law and Certain Laws and Decrees.'
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, PROFESSOR, COME OUT AND EXPLAIN YOUR KNOWLEDGE"
In the General Assembly, CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir addressed Serap Yazıcı Özbudun, who resigned from the Future Party and joined the AK Party, saying, "I would also like to address our esteemed Professor Serap Özbudun from here. I see her. Turkey is in an undeclared state of emergency. Freedom of movement is restricted, the right to hold meetings and demonstrations is limited. The RTÜK exceeds its legal limits, press freedom has been completely eradicated, prior censorship is being applied, and under these conditions, our Constitution is being violated. I just want to bring her silence to the agenda with these words and hear her words if she has any. Aliya Izzetbegović says, 'When all this is over, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.' In a regime where the Constitution is trampled underfoot and Turkey is effectively brought under emergency conditions, you have no right to remain silent, Professor; come out and explain your knowledge or remain silent, it's up to you," he stated.
"I DO NOT WANT TO BE ON ANY SIDE OF A DIVISION"
AK Party Antalya Deputy Serap Yazıcı Özbudun responded to CHP's Murat Emir, saying, "I have sincerely defended the rights of all citizens with the same honesty and sincerity in all the commissions I have served in and in the General Assembly. Do not have the slightest doubt that it will be so from now on, but until now, I have preferred to remain silent because a very serious troll gang, whose instigators I do not know, has made serious insults from social media accounts, and 175 of these were deemed worthy of legal action and lawsuits were filed by my lawyers. I do not want to be on any side of a division. I became a constitutional lawyer and I am serving here solely to defend human rights, democratic values, and the rule of law. Do not have the slightest doubt, I will fulfill every duty I take on in this direction," she said.
"PROFESSOR, YOUR SILENCE HERE IS UNACCEPTABLE"
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir took the floor, stating, "First of all, I must express that I spoke very carefully. I did not make the slightest comment regarding our esteemed Professor's transition to the AK Party; that is not my job. I addressed her with the word 'our friends' and expressed our desire to benefit from her knowledge, clearly stating our position, Professor, so there is nothing there. But we would expect this from you, Professor; your silence here is unacceptable. You cannot be different in one place and silent in another. Look, the Constitution is being trampled underfoot, the right to hold meetings and demonstrations is being violated under Article 34 of the Constitution and Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Here, the administration, the governorships, and the Ministry of Interior have overstepped their bounds, are misapplying the laws, and are violating the Constitution, and when we go to the Constitutional Court, we will reclaim this right, but we will get it two years later," he said.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL AHMET DAVUTOĞLU?"
While CHP's Günaydın's words caused uproar in the General Assembly, Selçuk Özdağ, Group Chairman of the New Path Party, took the floor. Özdağ said, "I will address Ms. Serap Yazıcı Özbudun; I would not want to speak. Mr. Murat Emir invited her to a speech about violations of the Constitution and laws. Well, I ask her, we made a joint list with the Future Party, Saadet, DEVA, and the Democratic Party from the CHP lists and entered the election. You can switch to another party; the laws may allow it. But how ethical is that? Shouldn't I ask this? Ms. Serap Yazıcı Özbudun says, 'I did not go to Özgür Özel; Özgür Özel called me.' Okay, let it be so. But why didn't you tell us this? Mr. Özgür Özel called me, and we have a group of 20 people, one person has passed away, and we have formed a new group here, and you are part of it. Why didn't you inform us about this? If Özgür Özel called you, we would have acted accordingly; we would have gone back to Mr. Özgür Özel and said, 'You are trying to disrupt our group; you have invited Serap Yazıcı Özbudun,' and we would have taken the necessary steps and told him, but if Mr. Özgür Özel called you, why didn't you tell the party, why didn't you tell Ahmet Davutoğlu?" he evaluated.
"LOOKING FOR HELP FROM ENGLAND IS A GREAT MISFORTUNE"
While discussions continued in the General Assembly, AK Party Group Deputy Chairman Muhammet Emin Akbaşoğlu took the floor, stating, "Our esteemed Professor Serap has always been valuable as a constitutional lawyer, is always valuable, and will always remain valuable. It is not right to personalize this issue and to confess that you have become inadequate by seeking help from others. However, this help may be directed towards some of our people, our deputies, and our units. I present to your appreciation how great a misfortune it is to seek help from abroad, from the European Union, from England, by saying, 'We feel abandoned' in these days when we must stand together against imperialism and Zionism."
"YOU CANNOT EXPLAIN THE EVIL YOU HAVE DONE WITH THESE"
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir, in response to Akbaşoğlu's statements, said, "We do not need to respond to Mr. Akbaşoğlu's two-minute speech. He accused us of 'misfortune,' but there is no need. For days, you have been saying 'vandalism' here. There is no vandalism. You want there to be vandalism very much, but there isn't. Look, there is an image; acid has been thrown on the uniform of one of our police officers. We are very sorry; whoever did it, may God curse them, but that is all, there is nothing more. But look, here, without understanding this incident, all day long, 'Vandals,' 'Terrorists,' 'Provocateurs,' 'Those who attack our sacred values' are not present, friends, they are not present. You cannot explain the evil you have done by instructing the judiciary and putting your biggest rival in prison with these; you cannot explain it with these," he said.
"THE ONE WHO COMMITS CORRUPTION AND THE ONE WHO PRESENTS THE DOCUMENTS ARE BOTH CHP MEMBERS"
After the discussions in the General Assembly, the discussions on the research proposals submitted by political parties to the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey began. Speaking on the research proposal submitted by the CHP group, AK Party Istanbul Deputy Nurettin Alan said, "The picture in front of us is exactly this; the one who commits corruption is a CHP member, and the one who receives bribes is also a CHP member. While millions of students work for years to pass exams, it is the CHP member who enrolls in one of Turkey's best universities through horizontal transfer by eating the rights of these students. Those who become informants both in the police and in the prosecutor's office when the investigation begins are CHP members. As the investigation deepens, those who flood the prosecutor's office with new documents and information are CHP members. Those who are tired, exhausted, and fed up with the hitmen and troll armies used by the criminal organization in the media and social media are CHP members."
"Those who go around telling about the Ferris wheels, the bribes taken, and the thefts committed are from the CHP, but the guilty party is the AK Party. This is unacceptable," he said.
"NOT RELATED TO CHP INTERNAL DISPUTE"
Reactions came from the CHP ranks to the words of AK Party's Alan. Then, CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir took the floor and said, "This discussion is said to be within the CHP. This case, this investigation is seen at the Homeland Police, it is seen at the Çağlayan Courthouse. The 13th President of Turkey is also in prison in Silivri. This has nothing to do with the CHP or an internal dispute within the CHP, but you say 'it's a matter among CHP members' because you know what you did and you know that all of Turkey sees your setup. It is not a matter among CHP members, it is between Tayyip Erdoğan and Ekrem İmamoğlu, between the People's Alliance and the Nation Alliance. This is a matter between the AKP and the CHP, but step back behind the judges," he evaluated.
"DID WE SAY THERE IS NO CORRUPTION?"
AK Party Istanbul Deputy Nurettin Alan, in response to CHP's Emir, said, "Did we say there is no corruption? While it has been proven with documents that vegetables were transported by tankers, on which day did the Beykoz Mayor transport vegetables by tanker? Did we say something that doesn't exist? There was no picture of İnönü on the money, was there a picture of me? Did we say something wrong? Was there no declaration of a single leader, was it declared? Everything we said is true, and I stand behind all of it," he stated.
"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO THROUGH FETÖ'S EDUCATION"
While clashes occurred between AK Party and CHP deputies in the General Assembly, CHP's Emir, who took the floor, said, "This is what happens when you go through FETÖ's education. Because they bring non-existent allegations, the lies spread by the pool media, as if they are real. There is something called the presumption of innocence. We are not people who will escape from prosecution. Every CHP member can account for everything, every single penny, but you are conducting a trial with detention, and the same processes that were applied in Ergenekon and Balyoz are being implemented. Headlines are made from non-existent things, people are targeted, and a wave of arrests begins based on that," he said.
"IMAMOĞLU, WHO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR BRIBERY, IS DECLARED PRESIDENT"
AK Party Group Deputy Chairman Muhammet Emin Akbaşoğlu said, "Mr. Emir declares İmamoğlu, who is under investigation for theft, corruption, and bribery, as the 13th president. Look, this is about authority usurpation. If you look at the single leadership, we were really curious last Sunday about who would win this single candidate pre-election theater. 13 million, 15 million, 20 million votes with 5 thousand. Look, according to one account, it is 13 million, according to another account, it is 15 million, according to another account, the CHP officials reported that '20 million went to the pre-election,' but they could not clearly present the explanation regarding 5 thousand ballot boxes," he said.
"WE ARE FACING FETÖ-LIKE OPERATIONS"
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir, speaking amid the ongoing discussions, said, "We are facing FETÖ-like operations; this is a style we know, and therefore there is no doubt that those who do these things are affiliated with FETÖ. Those who defend this here also know FETÖ's methods very well and will explain them. Secondly, comparing Tayyip Erdoğan and Ekrem İmamoğlu may not be very accurate. While Ekrem İmamoğlu was being arrested, he entrusted himself to his nation, he is someone who does not have the desire to be a single leader and believes in the will of the people, someone who has defeated Tayyip Erdoğan four times and has only sat in that chair with the will of the people, trusting nothing but the will of the nation, but Erdoğan is someone who took advantage of the coup and made a constitutional change under the state of emergency, becoming a single leader," he evaluated.
"WHILE RETIREES TURN OFF UNNECESSARY LIGHTS, THE PALACE'S LIGHTS STAY ON ALL NIGHT"
As the discussions continued in the General Assembly, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Celal Adan announced a break in the session. After the break, discussions on the 'Proposal for the Law on Youth and Sports Services and Amendments to Some Laws' began. Speaking on the 7th article of the law proposal, CHP Adana Deputy Orhan Sümer said, "I want to show you 2 photos. In the upper photo, retirees sometimes wait for hours in line in front of the Meat and Fish Institution sales office to buy 1 kilo of minced meat, sometimes before the sun rises, sometimes in freezing weather, and sometimes in 40-degree heat, and can only buy 1 kilo of minced meat with what is left of their salary. In the lower photo, you see the palace with 1,100 rooms, and its daily expense is equivalent to 4,797 retiree salaries. While retirees turn off all unnecessary lights, the palace's lights stay on until morning and consume electricity equivalent to 14 thousand households every month," he stated.
"YOU ARE NOT SAYING THAT İMAMOĞLU TURNED SOCIAL FACILITIES INTO HIS LUXURIOUS HOME"
In response to CHP's Sümer's statements, AK Party Ankara Deputy Osman Gökçek said, "You just showed a picture of the Külliye, but you refrain from saying that Mr. İmamoğlu turned social facilities into his luxurious home. Of course, this is not all; you know that you are not talking about the 2.1 billion TL job he gave to the person he bought 3 villas from his own municipal company. Of course, besides this, you never mention that the company he gave work to from his municipal company came and bought an apartment from İmamoğlu Construction. You never talk about the money you transferred for the money towers from Beşiktaş Municipality and other municipalities," he said.
"EVERYONE KNOWS YOUR FATHER'S THEFTS, YOUR THEFTS, AND YOUR CONNECTIONS TO FETÖ"
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir stated that AK Party's Gökçek was trolling, saying, "Dear brother, look, you couldn't account for the 600 million TL villa, you can't account for your father's wealth, you can't account for what you bought from where. Now you come here, you will try to escalate a discussion, and then you say, 'Why is the CHP doing this?' Everyone knows your father's thefts, your thefts, and your connections to FETÖ in Ankara. In two minutes, which of these will I fit in? Who was your father selling parcel by parcel? It was FETÖ members. Aren't you the one who went to the Samanyolu school? You are trolling," he said.
"MELİH GÖKÇEK HAS GONE THROUGH 500 INVESTIGATIONS"
AK Party's Gökçek, in response to CHP's Emir, said, "When you say 'he stole' about a person, you must prove it; if you do not prove it, unfortunately, you become a slanderer. Now, I always ask questions to the group vice presidents, I say: For example, how did Mr. Gökhan Günaydın give the municipality's cars to himself? You say, 'Your father is guilty.' I ask you, did Mr. Ekrem İmamoğlu eat the rights of the citizens by expropriating the land in front of his house for 156 million TL? Did he or didn't he? I am asking you this; you come to me with very different issues."
Look, Mr. Murat Emir, I asked Mr. Ali Mahir about Mezitli; you came to me asking about matters related to my father. Melih Gökçek went through 500 investigations during his term as mayor, later Mr. Mansur Yavaş filed a complaint, and he went through 21 investigations related to that, esteemed members of parliament. You later appealed to the higher court, he went to give statements again, but he did not receive any punishment," he stated.
"SOMEONE WHO IS CLOSE TO FETÖ"
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir emphasized that the location of Beyaz TV belongs to Alaaddin Kaya, stating, "They are shifting companies through a cover, trying to hide that company. You can show how much rent was paid for Beyaz TV in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and then this discussion will end, but you cannot show it. Because a very nominal contract was made, and he has been sitting there for a very nominal amount. What I am trying to explain is: They call everyone 'FETÖ member', but the person who has almost been sitting there for free at the current ownership of Beyaz TV in 2008, 2009; someone who is close to FETÖ, intertwined, raised in its schools," he expressed.
"I AM PUTTING MY PARLIAMENTARY POSITION ON THE LINE, CAN YOU?"
AK Party member Gökçek responded to CHP's Emir, saying, "I make an open call to Mr. Murat Emir: If the location of Beyaz TV belongs to Alaaddin Kaya as you say, I resign from my parliamentary position, but if it does not belong to him and is not in TMSF, do you resign from your parliamentary position? Come on, let’s get to this issue. Look, I am putting my parliamentary position on the line, can you do the same?" he said.
'FLAG' DISPUTE
As the discussions in the General Assembly continued, Deputy Speaker of the Assembly Celal Adan interrupted the session. After the break, the General Assembly reconvened. In the General Assembly, a 'Flag' dispute arose between the IYI Party and the DEM Party. DEM Party Ağrı Deputy Sırrı Sakık stated, "Look dear friends, this flag you see represents a structure in southern Kurdistan, and it is a flag that constitutionally represents the administration in Iraqi Kurdistan and is recognized worldwide. Some insolent people turn around and say, 'Rag.' Look, when the representatives from there come, this flag waves alongside the Turkish flag at Esenboğa Airport. But the real rag is your mentality, your racism, your enmity towards Kurds," he said.
"FOR US, IT IS A RAG"
Reacting to DEM Party's Sakık's statements about the flag, IYI Party Bursa Deputy Selçuk Türkoğlu said, "We are tired of listening to the statements of the terrorist leader, baby killer Apo, through his spokespersons here every day, and the Turkish nation is tired too. This is Turkey; here, the poster of the terrorist leader, baby killer, murderer Apo is being displayed in the squares of Istanbul, Van, Diyarbakır, and all the rags waving there are a rag for us, this is the rag being referred to. Let me tell you: Barzani is not just the name of a lineage where betrayal is genetically coded; it is the mission to establish the second separatist structure in Turkey after Iraq. The real ignorance is to claim to be in favor of Turkey's territorial integrity while not considering Barzani a threat," he stated.
"THEY FEED ON BLOOD AND TEARS"
IYI Party's Türkoğlu's words raised the tension in the General Assembly, while DEM Party Group Deputy Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit took the floor. Koçyiğit said, "Here, we are discussing a historical process, the democratic solution to the Kurdish issue, but some deputies, in a way that specifically announces to us, in a way that will offend the society, offend our people, offend our values, prefer a language that will poison the process. I attribute that style to them and leave them to the conscience of the people. Bad words belong to the speaker; I return them a million times, infinitely, exactly as they are to them, both the words they said about Mr. Öcalan and the words they said about the values of the Kurdish people. Now, very clearly, some people in this country want to feed on blood, tears, and pain. Some want the Kurdish issue to continue forever so that they can sit comfortably in their homes," she said.
"IT IS A RAG, NOT A FLAG"
IYI Party Group Deputy Chairman Turhan Çömez stated, "Mr. Selçuk Türkoğlu has made a very important speech. If you cannot tolerate this speech, that is a matter for you to decide. Look, this style is not mine. This style is not mine, but you said it; in this Parliament, the phrase 'Shut your mouth' cannot be used. How do you see this right in yourself? As a Group Deputy Chairman, you cannot say 'Shut your mouth' to a deputy. This language does not suit the Parliament; it may suit the mountains, it may suit Kandil, but it does not suit the Parliament. Secondly, no one's language here is toxic. Here, we speak on behalf of the nation; you will have to tolerate it, you will have to try to understand. With the despicable messages coming from İmralı, you are corrupting the sincere feelings of this country. Why did he say 'rag', do you know? Let me explain that to you: Because it is a rag, it is not a flag," he evaluated.
"IS IT YOUR PLACE TO CALL IT A RAG?"
DEM Party Group Deputy Chairman Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit responded to IYI Party's Çömez, saying, "The Federal Kurdistan region, which is in the territory of Iraq, has an internationally recognized status and is important to us; is it your place to call its flag a rag? Who are you to call the Kurdish flag a rag? Who are you? Now, when it comes to the issue of solution, today this word is not only directed at us. Look, they have intolerance against the solution process, against our efforts to carry out the solution process because they feed on blood, they feed on tears, they feed on rhetoric. They want Kurds to die; they want poor Anatolian children to die," she expressed.
"YOU EXPECT US TO BE A PARTY TO THE DESPICABLE BARGAINS YOU CONDUCTED WITH İMRALI"
IYI Party Group Deputy Chairman Turhan Çömez took the floor again, stating, "The image shown at the podium of the Assembly is a rag in our eyes, not a flag. There is only one flag that can be opened in the Parliament, and that is the Turkish flag. You are betraying the voters you represent through a concept of the Kurdish issue. You are unjustly labeling us and expecting us to be a party to the despicable bargains you conducted with Kandil, Europe, northern Syria, and İmralı under the name of a so-called opening process. We will not be a party to such a bargain. It is impossible for us to reconcile or agree with any understanding that cannot distance itself from terrorism and terrorists. You are exploiting your own people, you are exploiting the people who vote for you," he said.