The head of the Turkish Presidency’s Communication Directorate, Fahretin Altun, reacted to the designation of the “junta leader” he made for the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan The president of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
In a post on the X platform, Fahretin Altun states, among other things: “It is at least political immorality and impatience on the part of those whose political history is found by coups and anti -democratic interventions to address unethical and inexplicable insults, such as his” head ” in the will of the nation and fought decisively against the Centers of Political Guardians. “
CHP President Ozgur Ozel, during his speech at the Party’s Extraordinary Congress in Ankara, said, among other things: “Today Turkey is ruled by a junta fearing the election, fears its opponent, fears the people. Tayyip Erdogan is not a president who has the support of the people with him. But he has become a junta leader who targets those who can compete with him. “
Extraordinary Congress and Ozel’s re -election
Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) made today, April 6, in Ankara, an extraordinary conference in the shadow of the arrest of Mayor of Constantinople and the party’s candidate for the next presidential election, Ekrem Iimoglou.
The conference confirmed the re -election of the only Ozgur Ozel’s candidate in the presidency of the opposition party in Turkey. Mr Ozel received 1,171 vote in a total of 1,276 voting delegates. At the same time, elections were held for the 181 members of the party council.
“Today, Turkey is ruled by a junta fearing electionshe is afraid of her opponent, she is afraid of the people. Tayyip Erdogan is not a president who has the support of the people with him. But he has become a junta leader who targets those who can compete with him, “Ozgur Ozel said in his speech.
He also called on President Erdogan to appeal to early elections and face Ekrem Imoglou in the ballot box: “If you have the courage you will accept (early elections), if you want the first week of June, as soon as possible. If you say that “no, I do not catch up” then in half of your term, no later than November, you will go out and face our candidate. “
Ekrem Imamoglu sent a letter to the conference, stating that “those who attempted a coup against democratic life and popular will have put our country in a deep crisis of legality.” In the room of the conference dominant was the empty seat named after the prisoner of the prisoner Ekrem Imamoglu.
The Extraordinary Congress was announced by Chp President Ozgur Ozel on March 21, three days after the arrest of Ekrem Iimoglu, amid strong concerns that the ongoing prosecution and at the expense of the party – beyond the mayor – is at the expense of the mayor. In an attempt to prevent this, Ozel decided to lead his party to an extraordinary conference.
The prosecutor’s investigation is about the allegations of bribery of delegates at the latest CP Congress in November 2023, complaints have taken on wide dimensions about their legal and political part when he was indirectly adopted by former President Kemal Kilicdaroglou, who was also adopted.
Former Prime Minister George Papandreou and Athens Mayor Haris Doukas were found in Ankara, representing the European Socialist Party (PES) at the CHP conference.
Following the election of the president, a protest was held with a mass participation in front of the “Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center”, where the conference took place. Addressing the crowd gathered by Ozgur Ozel, he reiterated his appeal for commercial boycott products and services by companies whose ownership supports the government.
He also called for early elections, calling on citizens to sign the resolution promoted by his party in favor of Ekrem İmamoğlu and early balloting. The CHP leader said that 7,200,000 signatures have been gathered so far. The goal of the CHP is to garner more than 28 million signatures, more than the votes received by Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 2023 elections.