Breaking News: First statement from Özgür Özel following the detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu!
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, whose university diploma was cancelled, has been detained in a dawn operation as part of an investigation launched into the municipality. CHP leader Özgür Özel made a statement regarding İmamoğlu's detention, saying, "We are facing a coup attempt against our next president... We will not surrender. In the end, the will of the people will prevail, and Turkey will win."
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Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlumade a statement following his detention.
In a statement on his X account, Özel noted the following:
To make decisions on behalf of the nation, to replace the will of the people, or to use force to obstruct it is a coup.
Currently, a force is in motion to prevent the nation from determining the next president.
We are facing a coup attempt against our next president...
Our nation loves its state, but if someone pits the state against the nation, the nation will not allow it.
The ultimate power is the nation, and in the end, the nation wins... It will be the same again.
We will not surrender. In the end, the will of the people will prevail, and Turkey will win."
To make decisions on behalf of the nation, to replace the will of the people, or to use force to obstruct it is a coup.
— Özgür Özel (@eczozgurozel) March 19, 2025
Currently, a force is in motion to prevent the nation from determining the next president.
We are facing a coup attempt against our next president...…