Buca Municipality operation: CHP İzmir chair criticizes detentions

CHP İzmir Provincial Chairman Çağatay Güç addressed the operation targeting the Buca Municipality, which led to the detention of several individuals, including current Mayor Görkem Duman and former Mayor Erhan Kılıç. Güç spoke outside the İzmir Police Department's Yeşilyurt Service Building.

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Our lawyer friends are meeting with them. They have one-on-one meetings. Of course, there are limited facilities here. 62 people are inside. The rooms are for two people, and they are conducting interviews in the rooms. They will probably start taking their statements from tomorrow onwards.

Güç reported that the detainees' testimonies had not yet commenced, with interviews anticipated to begin the next day. He highlighted the challenging conditions for the 62 people detained, noting that interviews were being conducted in two-person rooms due to limited space. "Our lawyer friends are meeting with them. They have one-on-one meetings. Of course, there are limited facilities here. 62 people are inside. The rooms are for two people, and they are conducting interviews in the rooms. They will probably start taking their statements from tomorrow onwards," Güç stated.

He conveyed the distress of the families, describing them as unaccustomed to such situations. "Most of them are children of civil servants, civil servants, workers. They are not used to such situations. The families are sad, and their sadness is passing on to us," Güç said. He criticized the process, suggesting it should have been handled through the Court of Accounts' audit rather than a direct judicial investigation.

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Most of them are children of civil servants, civil servants, workers. They are not used to such situations. The families are sad, and their sadness is passing on to us.

Güç asserted that targeting only municipalities affiliated with the Republican People's Party (CHP) creates a significant rift in society and diminishes the trust of patriotic citizens in the country. "The fact that this is being done only to municipalities of the Republican People's Party, only to the mayors representing it and the bureaucrats working there, creates a great fracture in society. The trust of patriotic people in the country is decreasing," he argued.

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The fact that this is being done only to municipalities of the Republican People's Party, only to the mayors representing it and the bureaucrats working there, creates a great fracture in society. The trust of patriotic people in the country is decreasing.

"We will never leave our friends alone," Güç vowed, emphasizing that these individuals are dedicated to their country. He expressed confidence that they would be released once an indictment is issued, questioning why their colleagues were not facing similar scrutiny. "In a country where Melih Gökçek and Aydın Pehlivan are not prosecuted, our friends, 62 friends, being taken from their homes at the crack of dawn like common criminals, their children witnessing that situation, the family experiencing that situation, is unacceptable," he stated, adding that such actions would be reflected in upcoming elections, predicting a decline for the AKP party.

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We will never leave our friends alone.