Muharrem İnce: We are all Ekrem İmamoğlu

In his statement, where he used striking expressions, Muharrem İnce spoke as follows:

Seeing that he cannot win at the ballot box, he tried to win in court. The real war is starting now, it is a war against ignorance, that is why I am here.

Ignorance, betrayal, and injustice are the three problems of this country. Young people, my children, my students, I am addressing you, use your democratic rights to the fullest, 

Sing songs, protest, but do not pull up the pavement stones. There is no need for masks; your faces are clean. It is not the name that matters, but having a clean conscience. I invite you to use humor, I invite you to make fun of them.

If someone is provoking, know that it is the work of the MIT, the work of the deep state, the work of the AKP.

I am addressing the police and the gendarmerie; my police brothers, don't you have children? Don't your children study in other cities? Aren't you ashamed to spray gas on them...

You are the police of the state, not of Erdoğan. We are on your side, but excuse me, Afghans are entering from Van and walking to Çanakkale... Turkey's borders have turned into a sieve, no one talks about this, but you come here and beat poor children with batons.

If you are so fond of gas and batons, catch the fugitives and the terrorists! We came here today to chat with our youth, to greet those who share the feeling of brotherhood in their hearts, fathers who cannot give pocket money to their children, and children who live in Istanbul but have never seen the sea.

We came to be a remedy for the troubles of children who go to bed hungry at night.

We came here today to greet those who object, we came to those who took over the flag of the martyrs. We came to the fathers who sweat and buy formula for their children.

We came here to greet our women who are subjected to violence and murdered on the streets. We are the ones who do not stay silent, we are the ones who resist, we are the head that does not bow, we are the tongue that does not stay silent... We are all Ekrem İmamoğlu!

We will all either win or win! We will refresh our hopes, we will protect our freedoms...

We are not saying that Ekrem İmamoğlu should not be tried, he can be tried, but as long as it is fair. But while you do not try your minister who sprayed disinfectant on his own ministry, while you do not try Melih Gökçek who sold Ankara off piece by piece...

The vote is sacred, millions of people voted for him... You cannot use the judiciary as a stick, your concern is not to judge but to take revenge...

A secret witness speaks, saying 'I heard it from somewhere'; in the past, this secret witness had convicted the Armed Forces.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is sinking the country for his own future; Erdoğan's concern is not the country, but his seat!

Look here, Erdoğan, if you want to judge, judge those who remained silent when sacks were put over the heads of our soldiers in Northern Iraq... Judge those who entered the cosmic room of this country, judge the ministers who were bribed by Reza Zarrab.

Judge how you released the priest, judge why you could not speak up when Trump called you a 'fool'...

As the defeated presidential candidates of the Republican People's Party, the duty that falls to me and Mr. Kılıçdaroğlu is to take the arm of the new presidential candidate of the CHP and support him. I will do this, I promise.