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Özgür Çelik Reacts to the Pre-Election Detentions in Üsküdar: 'This Method Is the Method of the Losers!'

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Özgür Çelik, the Istanbul Provincial Chairman of the NEW Party, reacted to the operations targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) and Üsküdar Municipality, describing the detention of 13 IMM bureaucrats and 3 Üsküdar Municipal Council members as "the method of the losers." Çelik argued that the cancellation of the Üsküdar Deputy Mayor election and the detentions before the new election constituted a political conspiracy, stating, …

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Özgür Çelik, the Istanbul Provincial Chairman of the NEW Party, reacted to the operations targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) and Üsküdar Municipality, describing the detention of 13 IMM bureaucrats and 3 Üsküdar Municipal Council members as "the method of the losers." Çelik argued that the cancellation of the Üsküdar Deputy Mayor election and the detentions before the new election constituted a political conspiracy, stating, …

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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CHP Chairman Kılıçdaroğlu made strong statements regarding the developments in Üsküdar and Yüreğir. Bringing up the investigations, detentions, and transfers of municipal council members, Kılıçdaroğlu called on CHP members to "stand by each other," stating that they would not be afraid in the face of pressure and would not abandon each other.

Özgür Çelik, the Istanbul Provincial Chairman of the NEW Party, reacted to the detention of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality bureaucrats and council members before the Üsküdar Deputy Mayor election. Describing the process as a "conspiracy," Çelik said, "This is the method of those who lose."

·Ankara, Türkiye
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Reacting to the detention of council members before the renewed elections in Üsküdar Municipality, Çelik, the Istanbul Provincial Chairman of the NEW Party, said, "The conspiracy is clear, cancel the election, detain the council members and hold a new election."

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Özgür Çelik, the Istanbul Provincial Chairman of the New Party, reacted to the decision to hold elections in Üsküdar while municipal council members were being detained, describing the events as a "conspiracy." Çelik stated that those who couldn't win the election were resorting to politically motivated judicial operations, emphasizing that this was a sign of their desperation.

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Mahmut Tanal reacted to the detention of municipal council members in Üsküdar ahead of the mayoral deputy election to be renewed on September 5th. Criticizing the process, Tanal asked, "Is an election won at the ballot box, or through detentions and arrests?"

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