Ümit Özdağ's remarks on Akşener: She told me 1 month before the election, 'We are electing the man as President'

Zafer Party Chairman Ümit Özdağ has made a striking claim regarding the 2018 Presidential elections. Özdağ stated that one month before the elections, Meral Akşener told the campaign manager of the time, 'Don't ask why, we are electing the man (Erdoğan) as president.'

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Ümit Özdağ's remarks on Akşener: She told me 1 month before the election, 'We are electing the man as President'

Zafer Party Chairman Ümit Özdağ was a guest of Mine Özbek on the YouTube channel "BuKanal".

Making statements on various topics on the agenda, Özdağ also made striking remarks regarding the 2018 Presidential elections.

Özdağ claimed that one month before the Presidential election in June 2018, Meral Akşener took the campaign manager of the time to a room that could not be bugged and said, "Don't ask why, we are electing the man (Erdoğan) as president." Özdağ said that the campaign manager of the time had told him this.

While Özdağ's striking claim regarding Meral Akşener became a trending topic on social media, no statement has been made regarding the matter.

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