Özgür Özel reveals 'gendarmerie' response from Interior Ministry: The gendarmerie conducted the 3rd wave operation

Özel stated that they asked the Ministry of Interior why the third wave of operations targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) was carried out by the gendarmerie.

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel answered questions from members of the press following his meeting with the DEM Party.

The fact that the third wave of operations targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) was carried out by the gendarmerie this morning drew attention.

The main opposition leader announced that they had consulted with the Ministry of Interior regarding this detail and received information:

"We asked the Ministry of Interior, 'How should this be interpreted?'

The answer is this: There is preventive law enforcement activity, and there are jurisdictional areas for this, but there is no such distinction in judicial law enforcement activity anymore. The prosecutor's office decides whether to use the police or the gendarmerie. The prosecutor's office made such a decision.

They explain it by saying it could be due to workload, or something related to intelligence, etc. In other words, the prosecutor's office used the gendarmerie instead of the police in this operation.

The third wave of the operation is again an operation aimed at creating a perception, where they are trying to fill in the blanks of what they 'heard' or 'did.' They need new people for new threats and new blackmail."

News Source: 12punto