CHP Leader Özel Rallies Supporters in Amasya, Vows to Prevent Defeat

Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) leader Özgür Özel addressed a large, enthusiastic crowd in Amasya, Turkey, expressing deep gratitude for the fervent welcome. He acknowledged the supporters' anger and frustration but urged them to transform these emotions into a driving force for political change and victory.

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Dear Amasya residents, I don't know what to say, how to thank you, how to express how important a milestone this feeling you've given us today is in history. I love you all very much, I hug you all tightly.

"We must turn this anger into resistance, struggle, and determination," Özel stated, emphasizing the need to convert negative sentiments into hope and resolve. He declared that the party's goal is to achieve power, rallying supporters with chants of "Power, power, power."

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We must turn this anger into resistance, struggle, and determination, transforming words of anger into words of hope and determination, overturning this conspiracy set up against us, thwarting the plans, and marching to power together.

Özel recounted his journey from Ankara to Trabzon and subsequent stops, noting the significant public engagement and support he encountered. He shared an emotional moment in Tekke, where residents expressed despair and a potential reluctance to vote. Özel personally appealed to them, asking if they loved him and the party, imploring them to cast their votes to ensure success.

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My mother, nobody should cry. I became the General Chairman of this party, I became the mothers, the sisters of this party, so that they don't cry on election nights.

He also spoke about his commitment to preventing further electoral defeats, vowing, "I became the General Chairman so that no one cries on election nights." This statement resonated with the mothers and aunts who had expressed their deep concern for him. Özel concluded by asserting that the "palace's plan will be broken by Amasya's plan," suggesting a strategic challenge to the ruling power from this region.

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Someone made a plan, set up a game. Seeing our party, which has not lost an election for 24 years, emerged first in 13 elections, has been the second or third party for 47 years, sometimes falling below the threshold, but never becoming the first party; seeing your belief in us, your belief in our cadres; seeing that we made our party the first party after 47 years, just five months after the change congress in Turkey, reaching 65 percent of Turkey's population, and marching to power with our successful mayors, they set up a game for our party. They set up a conspiracy.