Striking message from Ekrem İmamoğlu via a photo of Özgür Özel: It will grow even more with every step

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, currently held at the Marmara Prison in Silivri, shared a striking message regarding a photograph of CHP Chairman Özgür Özel.

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Striking message from Ekrem İmamoğlu via a photo of Özgür Özel: It will grow even more with every step

İmamoğlu shared a photograph of CHP Chairman Özgür Özel on his social media account and wrote: "Those who think they can leave the nation helpless by throwing us into dungeons and appointing trustees to party buildings should take a good look at this photo!" he wrote.

IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu shared a photo on his social media account of CHP Chairman Özgür Özel taken during a home visit in Eyüpsultan, Gaziantep.

İmamoğlu added the following note to the photo:

"Those who think they can leave the nation helpless by throwing us into dungeons and appointing trustees to party buildings should take a good look at this photo!

Those who believe the nation's hope for justice, democracy, and prosperity is confined to buildings and signs will face great disappointment. Hope will grow even more with every step."

Those who think they can leave the nation helpless by throwing us into dungeons and appointing trustees to party buildings should take a good look at this photo!

Those who believe the nation's hope for justice, democracy, and prosperity is confined to buildings and signs will face great disappointment. Hope will grow even more with every step. pic.twitter.com/0mTThC9dOw
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