The campaign of collection of millions of signatures, with two requests, his “freedom” And early elections, started today, from a place of intense symbolism, the birthplace of the Mayor of Constantinople, Trabzon, the president of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Ozgur ozel. The first person to sign for the release of Ekrem Imoglou was a 96 -year -old, Mrs. Rukigi Koroglou.
“Big shame and shame the accusations”
His father, Hassan Imoglouunable to contain tears, commented that it was the first time he has spent Ramadan’s holiday without his son, in their place. “The big shame and shame of the accusations, we didn’t deserve it. My son is very decisive and with tall morals. It is an unfair punishment, a usurpation that contains a sense of revenge, “he commented in front of the cameras. Their messages for the Bayram celebration (at the end of Ramadan) by prison in Silivri were sent by both the mayor of Constantinople and the rest of the arrested mayors.
‘Plows’ Turkish territory for signatures Ozel
Many Turks have elaborated by the large urban centers – and the day after its large concentration in Maltepe, the city. The party interpreted them as a “triumph”, but commentators evaluate that it was not a number of expectations.
Ozel, however, is determined to “plow” the Turkish territory for the collection of signatures and to strengthen the request for early elections, which will probably be a candidate himself.
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“Ankara has surpassed Constantinople in its” Neo -Byzantine “tactics,” according to leading Turkish analyst Murat Yetkin, who foresees the prolongation of the Ramadan holiday in 9 days, bridging two weekends – Erdogan “to reduce political tension”. However, it remains unknown what will happen after its expiration next Tuesday.
Government abandoned the “two managers plan” in CHP
Journalist Deniz Zerek in a report, based on government sources, in the Nefes newspaper, notes that due to major social reactions, the government abandoned the “two managers” plan in the CHP, following complaints about the latest in the latest. The main reasons for this outcome, adds Yetkin, who is not excluded from being overthrown, are clearly “the people and the economy, who have reacted more than expected.”
Foreign investors, during their recent meeting with Finance and Finance Minister Mehmet Sismek, in Ankara, did not hide their concern about the “vibration” caused by the arrest of Imamoglu in the Turkish economy. It is not a coincidence that the day after, on March 25, the Ankara court announced its “interim ruling”, rejecting the request for annulment of the CHP’s extraordinary conference on April 6.
“This decision, although it still does not prevent the appointment of an administrator to the CHP, is an indication that the brakes (the government: of the government) have been pressed – for the time being. It also clearly seems that at the Constantinople Town Hall and the CHP had not called the opposition masses on the streets, it could have been appointed administrator both in the Metropolitan Municipality of Constantinople and the CHP for a long time. Neither the qualifiers, with the 15 million opposition votes, could be held, nor the Extraordinary Congress of the CHP next week. “
“The reason for the collapse of markets and the deterioration of the economy is not the protests or rallies, it is the detention of Imamoglou,” Turkish economist Mahfi Eblmez explains while the author of the pro -government newspaper “Türkiye” Light »in the following days.
The preparation of Ekrem Imamoglu’s indictment, which has been detailed on charges of corruption since last Sunday, can last 6-7 months. The dossier of terrorism -related categories can be opened immediately, but as there are 99 people in the corruption case, the process estimates analysts that it will last longer.
“When President Erdogan realized that he could not beat me in the ballot box, he imprisoned me with unfounded charges such as corruption, bribery, criminal organization and cooperation with the illegal PKK. There is no reliable evidence of these categories, “the city’s mayor reiterated in an interview with the New York Times, describing his arrest as” a scene from the arrest of a terrorist, not the elected mayor of Constantinople, the largest city of Turkey. I ran a candidate against candidates supported by Erdogan three times: twice in 2019 and once again last year. Erdogan made a personal campaign in all three, but I won them all. “
It should be noted that the only expression are statements by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who raised the issue during his meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Washington.
