Bayrampaşa Mayor Hasan Mutlu and 19 others, including 8 CHP municipal council members, were arrested as part of an investigation into corruption allegations against the Bayrampaşa Municipality. Following the operation, 4 municipal council members resigned, and the CHP lost its majority in the municipal council.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the CHP's presidential candidate and the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), who has been imprisoned in Silivri Prison since March 23, issued a harsh statement regarding the matter through his lawyers.
Imamoglu's statement was shared on the social media account named the Presidential Candidate Office. Emphasizing that an 'Escobar order' has been established with the operation against the Bayrampaşa Municipality, Imamoglu noted the following in his statement:
“It has become clear who established the Escobar order.
It has emerged who is hiding the biggest turnip in their bag.
It has also become clear who established the network of lawlessness that wraps its arms around everything like an octopus.
Threatening mayors and council members with imprisonment, death, slander, and conspiracies, and seizing municipalities—that order is exactly an Escobar order.
You are the ones who hunt the lamb with the wolf, eat it with the shepherd, and weep with the owner.
Our Bayrampaşa Mayor Hasan Mutlu and his colleagues were also imprisoned by the same order. The people of Bayrampaşa will never forget this evil.
The end of this order of threats, blackmail, and conspiracies is approaching."
It has become clear who established the Escobar order.
— Cumhurbaşkanlığı Aday Ofisi (@CBAdayOfisi) September 17, 2025
It has emerged who is hiding the biggest turnip in their bag.
It has also become clear who established the network of lawlessness that wraps its arms around everything like an octopus.
Threatening mayors and council members with imprisonment, death, slander, and conspiracies,…
News Source: 12punto
