First rally in Istanbul from Ekrem İmamoğlu and Özgür Özel! 'They claim they will build 650 thousand houses'

CHP Chairman Özgür Özel and IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu held their first rally in Istanbul as part of the March 31 local elections.

IMM Mayor İmamoğlu stated the following at the rally:

"In 2019, I said I would root out partisanship from this city, and we did. They equate voting with providing service. In this election, will you vote for those who discriminate or those who unite? We are the ones who ended waste and brought service.

Every promise we make is a promise prepared for our people.

Look, they are trying to deceive the nation again. They claim they will build 650 thousand houses in 5 years. Official state figures say these claims are not realistic. TOKİ built 98 thousand houses between 2002 and 2023, that is, in 21 years. They only delivered 60 thousand of these. Now, what is this, they claim they will build 650 thousand houses."

"IT CANNOT BEAR PROXY MANAGEMENT"

I have an opponent. And there is one person behind him. Istanbul cannot bear proxy management."

Highlights from CHP Chairman Özgür Özel's speech are as follows:

"I was in Sultangazi five years ago. There is a world of difference between that day and today. Mayor Ekrem brought peace and love to Istanbul. Istanbul has a very strong team. The captain of the team is the darling of all of Turkey. This team has a staff worthy of the people of Istanbul. Let us all protect this team together.

There is no one whose face Mayor Ekrem has not made smile for five years. There are some whose faces Mayor Ekrem has not made smile. Mayor Ekrem did not make the faces of rent-seeking circles smile.

"HE WILL GET 100 OUT OF 100"

Murat Kurum, who signed off on disasters, has now become the IMM candidate. Mr. Murat has made a magnificent assessment. He gave Mr. Ekrem 87 points out of 100. I was wondering if I should give him 90 out of 100. On March 31, he will get 100 out of 100."