Fatih Altaylı asks Ümit Özdağ about 'presidential candidacy': 'He reminded him of Sinan Oğan'

Ümit Özdağ participated in a live broadcast on Medyascope. Speaking about the election process in his statements there, Özdağ said that he could be a presidential candidate in the 2028 general elections.

Speaking about the general elections, Ümit Özdağ said, "If the Zafer Party general assembly tasks me in the next elections, I will be a presidential candidate."

Özdağ, using irony, said, "I hope to see Özgür Özel at the head of the CHP for 15 years. He is a very good chairman."

CANDIDACY QUESTION FROM FATİH ALTAYLI

Fatih Altaylı directed a question to Ümit Özdağ, who came to visit them, regarding his statement about a presidential candidacy.

Altaylı shared his question with the note, "I asked Zafer Party Chairman Ümit Özdağ, who visited us, about the claims that he has decided to be a presidential candidate in the first general election."

In the post made by journalist Fatih Altaylı on his social media account, the following dialogue took place between him and Özdağ:

Fatih Altaylı'dan Ümit Özdağ'a 'Cumhurbaşkanlığı adaylığı' sorusu. 'Sinan Oğan'ı hatırlattı'https://t.co/NKVCU9xqDq pic.twitter.com/Ye1Yvar6tm

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Fatih Altaylı: How true are the rumors that you will be a candidate in the first presidential election?

Ümit Özdağ: If our party's authorized bodies make a decision on this matter, I will be on the field as the Zafer Party's presidential candidate in the first general election to be held after this.

Fatih Altaylı: But no switching sides at the last minute...

Ümit Özdağ: No, until the end.

Fatih Altaylı: Well, what do you think about your former candidate (Sinan Oğan)?

Ümit Özdağ: As you said, the former candidate of the ATA Alliance; the past is in the past.