Aydın Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Özlem Çerçioğlu had announced in an interview last year that she was writing a book about the government's pressures and schemes against the municipality. However, her surprise decision to resign from the CHP and join the AKP on August 14 prevented the completion of this book. Çerçioğlu's decision sparked significant backlash in politics and public opinion.
CHP Aydın Deputy Süleyman Bülbül, in a post on his social media account, recalled the interview Çerçioğlu gave on March 24, 2024, and asked, "What happened to that book of schemes?"
Özlem Çerçioğlu said on March 24, 2024, "I am about to finish the book. I am writing about how the schemes were set up and how pressure was applied to high-level officials in public institutions, all of it in my book. When the people of Aydın read this, they will see how heartless and immoral these schemes were... pic.twitter.com/AuULF0nNik
— Süleyman Bülbül (@avsbulbul) August 23, 2025
In her statement at the time, Çerçioğlu had indicated that she was detailing the pressures on municipal employees and the schemes that were set up in her book. She had used the words, "When the people of Aydın read this book, they will see how heartlessly and immorally these schemes were set up."
News Source: 12punto
