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Özgür Çelik claims four council members who joined AKP were taken out of Istanbul before Üsküdar vote

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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  • Özgür Çelik alleged that four Üsküdar council members who joined the AKP were taken outside Istanbul before a deputy mayoral election.
  • He said they were moved so their relatives and families could not contact them, and claimed to know where they were.

Özgür Çelik, the New Party’s Istanbul provincial chair, made a striking allegation before the deputy mayoral election scheduled for the Üsküdar Municipal Council.

Çelik claimed that four council members who had moved to the AKP were taken outside Istanbul along with their families and relatives. He said the purpose was to prevent those close to them from making contact.

“Right now, we know where they are. They took them to a place outside Istanbul simply so their relatives would not contact them, simply so their families would not contact them,” Çelik said.

Right now, we know where they are. They took them to a place outside Istanbul simply so their relatives would not contact them, simply so their families would not contact them.

· Özgür ÇelikThe New Party Istanbul provincial chair alleged that four council members who joined the AKP had been taken outside Istanbul before the Üsküdar vote.
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