Statement to 12punto from Zafer Party Acting Chairman Şehirlioğlu: 'It is not acceptable'
Following the arrest of Zafer Party Chairman Ümit Özdağ, party officials held a press conference and announced that Prof. Dr. Ali Şehirlioğlu had been elected as Acting Chairman. Şehirlioğlu made a statement to journalist and 12punto columnist Müyesser Yıldız.
Müyesser Yıldız
Müyesser YILDIZ / 12punto
Zafer Party Acting Chairman Prof. Dr. Ali Şehirlioğlu made the following statements to our columnist Müyesser Yıldız while the situation was still unfolding:
"The arrest of our Chairman is not something that can be accepted. It is impossible to accept the law becoming this politicized and becoming a tool of politics.
All of this will pass. The Zafer Party has a path forward.
It is not something that can be accepted for the state to engage with a terrorist leader like Abdullah Öcalan.
One does not negotiate with terror; one fights it.
As the Zafer Party, we will continue this fight, God willing. Our professor will be released soon, and good things will happen."