Let's say you are a candidate for the presidency of the Canary Lovers Association...
You love the ones that chirp "tweet, tweet, tweet."
And you want to take on the presidency of the association to ensure they can chirp in better environments.
My question is simple:
Just because you are a candidate for this position, can you feed thousands of people and make the association's current management pay the bill, which amounts to millions of liras?
Even if you wanted them to pay, would they accept it?
Wouldn't this illegal transaction end up in court sooner or later?
Wouldn't those responsible be put on trial?
Wouldn't they end up behind bars, counting the days and telling their beads?
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According to the report by my colleague Ali Macit, one of the successful reporters at Halk TV, this unlawful transaction, which would never happen at the Canary Lovers Association, took place at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) just before the elections held on March 31, 2019...
Some institutions affiliated with the AKP-led IBB of that period provided meals to a total of 35 thousand people on behalf of the AKP's mayoral candidate Binali Yıldırım, using their own budgets, and covered the 3 million 587 thousand lira expense!
Esenler Mayor Tevfik Göksu, who was acting as the IBB President at the time, also gave his "approval" for these expenses!
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Do you know what is even stranger?
After Ekrem İmamoğlu took office, these files on irregularities, which were identified by IBB inspectors, were seized by the Ministry of Interior...
That is why the fate of the files is unknown...
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Wait; the chain of oddities is not over...
Who is at the head of the Ministry of Interior, which "lost" these files, today?
Ali Yerlikaya...
He is the former Governor of Istanbul...
He is the person who was appointed as a "trustee" to the IBB Presidency after the elections held in Istanbul on March 31, 2019, which were won by Ekrem İmamoğlu with a margin of 7 thousand votes...
The translation of the situation is this:
One cooks, one brings it to the table, and some eat; as if that were not enough, they hit the person who asks "What about me, what about me?" over the head with the ladle they are holding...
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So, where were these meals, which did not cost a single penny from the pockets of either Binali Yıldırım, who was a candidate for the IBB Presidency, or the AKP, served?
At the Eurasia Show and Art Center belonging to the IBB, at the Galata Tower, the Khedive Palace, Miniatürk, the Tent Pavilion, the Malta Pavilion, the White Pavilion, Küçük Çamlıca, Gülhane, Paşa Limanı, the Yellow Pavilion...
In the description section of the invoices, expressions such as "sandwiches provided to district organizations on election morning, catering, loyalty meeting dinner, rally, Kartal Anatolian Imam Hatip High School, White Trip VIP, fair dinner, Ak Party Group, Mr. Binali, Mr. Binali's bodyguards, and Beşiktaş District Organization" are included.
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If CHP-run municipalities were to sign off on such a scandal, the Partisan President would give a speech at every opportunity, saying, "Eat poison... Of course, we will hold them accountable."
However, when AKP members commit the same offense, excuse me, eat the same meal, the inspection files disappear!
The Trustee President becomes the Minister of Interior and saves the Acting President and his bureaucrats from the gallows...
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Ugh... I swear I am even bored while writing this.
Crows have raided the Canary Lovers Association.
This is not a canary chirp; it is a plain crow caw...
Ugly, repulsive, disturbing...
They eat everything they find.
And it is left to us to pay the bill!
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