Fatih Altaylı blocks Muharrem İnce! 'Don't call me anymore'
Journalist Barış Yarkadaş recounted a phone conversation between Muharrem İnce and Fatih Altaylı that took place following a debate sparked by images of Özgür Özel performing ablution. Yarkadaş also revealed that Altaylı has blocked İnce.
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Images of CHP Chairman Özgür Özel performing ablution in Kastamonu have sparked a debate. The controversy over whether the ablution was "proper" has now been joined by a dispute between Muharrem İnce and journalist Fatih Altaylı.
Journalist Barış Yarkadaş recounted the events between İnce and Altaylı during a broadcast on tv100.
"DO YOU KNOW HOW TO PERFORM ABLUTION?"
According to Yarkadaş, Fatih Altaylı commented on the images of Özgür Özel, stating, "Özgür Özel is performing a proper ablution."
Upon this, Muharrem İnce called Altaylı on the phone and asked, "Do you know how to perform ablution?"
Altaylı replied to İnce, "I don't know, but I watch people from the mosque across from my house."
It was reported that İnce then told Altaylı, "Fatih, don't talk about subjects you don't know. There is no proper ablution here."
Yarkadaş stated that İnce later told him he was not criticizing Özgür Özel, but rather objecting to Altaylı's comment that the ablution was "proper."
"I AM BLOCKING YOU"
Yarkadaş said that the tension between Altaylı and İnce continues.
Reporting that Altaylı sent a message to İnce saying, "Don't call me anymore, don't write messages either, I am blocking you," Yarkadaş noted that he confirmed this information by speaking with İnce.
Yarkadaş stated, "I spoke with Muharrem İnce today; Fatih Altaylı has indeed blocked İnce."
İNCE: "ALTAYLI IS NOT MY COUNTERPART"
Yarkadaş said that Fatih Altaylı later wrote an article regarding Muharrem İnce's party-founding process and the ongoing debates. He stated that Altaylı called İnce again after this article.
Reporting that İnce described the article by saying, "It is not a pleasant article," Yarkadaş said that İnce used the following expressions regarding Altaylı:
"Altaylı has the right to say anything to anyone he wants at any time, but when we politicians say something contrary to his views, he blocks us. He has not internalized democracy or freedom of thought. I will consider Fatih Altaylı a counterpart only when he internalizes these. I will not respond to him because Altaylı is not my counterpart."