25.10.2025 23:52
Following the call made by CHP Chairman Özgür Özel to Çağlayan Square, a crowd gathered in the evening, and the election vehicle equipped with a sound system caused tension. CHP Ankara Deputy Umut Akdoğan stated on his social media account that a civilian vehicle blocked the front of the election vehicle.
After it was learned that Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is detained as part of a corruption investigation at Marmara Prison, would be brought to Çağlayan Courthouse to give a statement as part of a recently initiated espionage investigation, hot developments occurred.
ÖZGÜR ÖZEL'S DECISION ON İMAMOĞLU
Following the reflection of this development in the press, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, who is in Switzerland, decided to return to the country.
Özel, who said, "I am returning to Turkey immediately," stated, "I invite all Istanbulites to Çağlayan Courthouse to stand by their will, both for the mayors they elected and for Ekrem İmamoğlu, who will be the future president by their choice."
TENSION AT ÇAĞLAYAN OVER İMAMOĞLU
After CHP Chairman Özgür Özel's call to Çağlayan Square, those who came to Çağlayan Square in the evening hours and the election vehicle with the sound system caused tension. CHP Ankara Deputy Umut Akdoğan stated on his social media account that the front of the election vehicle was blocked by a civilian vehicle.
In his post, Akdoğan wrote, "We are not allowed to pass in front of the Çağlayan Courthouse with the party bus. They blocked the road with a civilian vehicle, and the police left. They say the vehicle is broken. The vehicle is not broken; it was stopped by the police. The owner was removed. Who gave this unlawful order?"