AKP and CHP municipalities face off in Kocaeli! Oscar-worthy performance from an AKP council member!
A clash broke out between personnel from the AKP-run Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality and the CHP-run İzmit Municipality. İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet stated that the Director of Technical Affairs was assaulted and that they would not let the matter drop. Meanwhile, moments of an AKP council member throwing himself to the ground while shouting "They are attacking, police!" have become a trending topic on social media.
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CHP İzmit Mayor Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet stated in a post on her X (Twitter) account that teams from the AKP-run Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality attacked the İzmit Municipality Technical Affairs teams.
Sharing the footage, Hürriyet said, "This is too much now. Metropolitan teams are attacking our technical affairs teams. As we call for consensus, the situation has gone beyond sneaky obstruction and escalated to physical assault. It seems the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality is taking out its grudge against Tügva and Ensar on us!"
Artık bu kadarı da fazla. Büyükşehir ekipleri bizim fen işleri ekiplerine saldırıyor. Biz uzlaşı dedikçe artık iş sinsi sinsi engellemeyi de aştı, fiziki saldırıya kadar vardı. Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi bizden Tügva ve Ensar’ın hıncını alıyor anlaşılan!!! pic.twitter.com/ucPlunGSRy
— Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet (@fatmakaplan) April 25, 2024
OSCAR-WORTHY PERFORMANCE FROM AN AKP COUNCIL MEMBER
Following the post, footage of AKP Municipal Council Member İbrahim Efe suddenly throwing himself to the ground and rolling around as Mayor Hürriyet approached the scene became a major talking point.
Kocaeli'de AKP'li ve CHP'li belediye karşı karşıya!
— 12punto (@12puntocomtr) April 25, 2024
AKP'li meclis üyesinden oscarlık performans...https://t.co/fnpYYyDYz1 pic.twitter.com/YSSQkIo22d
While Efe suddenly began shouting "They are attacking me. Police!" and rolling on the ground, Mayor Hürriyet was left confused by what was happening. Hürriyet later retorted, "Nobody did anything. You are shouting at yourself."
Making a statement at the scene, Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet addressed AKP Kocaeli Metropolitan Mayor Tahir Büyükakın. Hürriyet stated that she would not let the matter drop and would take the necessary legal action.
Continuing her speech, Hürriyet said the following:
"What was done today is truly a devious plan. This was organized early in the morning, aimed at humiliating us in front of the public or inciting us to do something wrong in public. The neighborhood headman (muhtar) has no knowledge of this. There is a school next door, and the school administration has no knowledge of this. There is no official letter or approval obtained from the hospital. The Metropolitan teams barged in, entered our area, and blocked the road.
“THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE”
My teams came here to level the road and prepare for asphalt work over the weekend, and they encountered this scene. They are not letting our teams into our own area. My construction machinery cannot enter, and on top of that, they are assaulting my colleagues and employees here. This is truly not acceptable.
“MY DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL AFFAIRS WAS SERIOUSLY ASSAULTED”
The Metropolitan Municipality must turn back from this mistake immediately. We handle our own areas of responsibility, brother. We do not need anything in this regard; they should just not obstruct us. We will use all our legal rights regarding this. My Director of Technical Affairs was seriously assaulted today. All my colleagues working here were also subjected to serious physical intervention. This is truly not acceptable."