Özgür Özel's Trump challenge to Erdoğan! 'I will welcome you and shake your hand'

Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel had alleged that AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had established connections with Trump's son and certain lobbying firms, and that a step back in Palestine policy had been taken as a result of this relationship.

Özel used the following expressions in his speech:

“Trump is eyeing Palestine, and he is eyeing Cyprus as well. As for our man, not only does he not open his mouth to say anything, but look, I am announcing it here: just last Saturday, he hosted Trump's son, Junior Trump, at the Dolmabahçe Work Office while hiding his name. He is negotiating with him. They wrote 'businessman' but didn't write his name. While Palestine is bleeding, they are doing business with Trump's son through lobbying firms and abandoning Palestine to Trump. Palestine will not forgive you, Erdoğan"

ERDOĞAN'S "THE DEAF DO NOT HEAR, THEY MAKE THINGS UP" RESPONSE TO ÖZEL

While the meeting in question was confirmed by US sources, President Erdoğan responded to Özel's claims in a statement he made at Atatürk Airport before his trip to the US yesterday, saying, "The deaf do not hear, they make things up; this man is constantly making things up like this. You don't believe such things, do you?"

ÖZEL'S TRUMP CHALLENGE TO ERDOĞAN

CHP leader Özgür Özel went to the Çağlayan Courthouse today and attended the "January 31 Çağlayan Trial," where CHP İstanbul Provincial Chair Özgür Çelik, CHP İstanbul Youth Branch Chairman Erdem Kara, and numerous district administrators are being tried.

Responding to journalists' questions during a break in the hearing at Çağlayan, Özgür Özel gave a swift reply to Erdoğan's words. Özel both criticized Erdoğan and called on him to take a clear stance before his meeting in the US.

Özel stated, "Instead of placing a Boeing order on live television, he should say to Trump, 'How can you call Netanyahu a hero? He is a genocider.' If he does that, I will welcome him when he returns to Ankara."

Highlights from Özel's statements are as follows:

"We stand by our provincial chair, our elected provincial chair. The building where he serves and the congress where he was elected are subject to litigation. This issue shows this: they are doing their jobs so well that they are doing this to those they cannot make bow down politically.

First of all, while even a normal citizen tries not to use these sentences, the country's president should not say something that would upset the hearing impaired. Is this all he could come up with after thinking and thinking? These are shameful expressions. If you look at the intent, Trump confirmed me; if Erdoğan says this, he is denying him. Let him deny what he did that Saturday 9 days ago, and let me hear it; he is muddling the words. They stayed silent, they stayed silent, and then everyone from the vice president to the communications director became uncomfortable. Then he has an Anadolu Agency worker ask him a question. And after saying he would announce the Boeing order on live television, Trump says he is waiting for Erdoğan. If he were going to stop the blood flowing in Gaza, I would have gone to see him off. He is feeding off Trump to get support for the anti-democratic process in Turkey and is remaining silent in the face of oppression.

Instead of placing a Boeing order on live television, he should say to Trump, 'How can you call Netanyahu a hero? He is a genocider.' If he does that, I will welcome him when he returns to Ankara. Let him look Trump in the eye and say that Netanyahu is a murderer and that what is happening is a genocide. Let him set Trump straight by saying, 'Who are you, your ambassador, to suggest a model for how Turkey should be governed!' Özgür Özel will welcome Erdoğan upon his return to Esenboğa and shake his hand. Come on then, I challenge you!"

News Source: 12punto