Ali Mahir Başarır reacts to the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu: 'We will be in the squares, everywhere!'
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır reacted to the arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor İmamoğlu, stating, "Even if you put handcuffs on İmamoğlu's hands, you cannot put handcuffs on the hearts of the people!"
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CHP Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır reacted to the arrest of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor İmamoğlu.
In a statement made on his social media account, Başarır used the following expressions:
'Even if you put handcuffs on Ekrem İmamoğlu's hands, you cannot put handcuffs on the hearts of the people!
This nation will not allow you to stop Ekrem İmamoğlu, whom you could not defeat at the ballot box, with a judicial coup!
This seat, won with legitimate votes, cannot be usurped by illicit orders!
This decision is null and void!
We will be in the squares, on the streets, everywhere!'
Even if you put handcuffs on Ekrem İmamoğlu's hands, you cannot put handcuffs on the hearts of the people!
— Ali Mahir Başarır (@alimahir) March 23, 2025
This nation will not allow you to stop Ekrem İmamoğlu, whom you could not defeat at the ballot box, with a judicial coup!
This seat, won with legitimate votes, cannot be usurped by illicit orders!
This decision is null and void!…