Convention investigation into CHP: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will not testify!

An investigation has been launched into the CHP's 38th Ordinary Convention, held at the Ankara Sports Hall on November 4-5, 2023, where Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu handed over the chairmanship to Özgür Özel.

The statement issued by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office included the following remarks:

'KILIÇDAROĞLU AND HAMZAÇEBİ SUMMONED TO TESTIFY'

"Following a report made to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office alleging that 'votes were cast in exchange for money on the day of the convention' at the Republican People's Party Convention held in Ankara, and the subsequent transfer of the documents to our Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office due to lack of jurisdiction, an investigation was initiated by our Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in January 2024.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Akif Hamzaçebi have been summoned to testify as witnesses due to the statements they made in the press and on social media regarding the incident subject to the investigation. The investigation is being conducted meticulously.

Respectfully announced to the public."

ERDOĞAN HAD CALLED IT 'DUBIOUS'

President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had previously made claims of "dubiousness" regarding the CHP convention.

Former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, in a broadcast he attended on KRT, had used the phrase "Silence is an admission" in response to this statement.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was expected to appear for questioning in the investigation opened by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.

However, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's lawyer, Celal Çelik, stated to Sözcü that Kılıçdaroğlu would not appear to testify.