AKP's Birinci posts 'We are waiting for your order'

While reactions to the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu are coming in from across Turkey, a highly controversial post has come from AKP's Mücahit Birinci.

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Regarding the protests where citizens have taken to the streets, former AKP deputy Mücahit Birinci stated, "My dear President; we are waiting for your order."

In a provocative post on his social media account, Birinci used the following expressions:

"My dear President; we are waiting for your order."

Birinci made a second post and wrote the following:

“There are those who are very uncomfortable and jumping up and down.

Then let me repeat:

My dear President;

We are waiting for your order!”