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YENİ Party calls on citizens to protest in Üsküdar, sets time and place

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

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  • YENİ Party Istanbul chair Özgür Çelik called for a protest outside Üsküdar Municipality at 8 p.m. the following day.
  • Çelik said three council members were in custody and accused authorities of pressuring four others to switch sides before the September 5 deputy mayor election.
  • He framed the call as a defence of Üsküdar residents’ democratic choice and political will.

YENİ Party Istanbul provincial chair Özgür Çelik has called on citizens to gather outside Üsküdar Municipality at 8 p.m., ahead of a deputy mayor election planned for September 5.

We do not accept a blow against the will of the people of Üsküdar

· Özgür ÇelikThe YENİ Party Istanbul chair opened his call for a public gathering with this accusation.

In a social media statement, Çelik said three of the party’s council members were currently in custody. He also claimed that four other council members had been transferred through threats, pressure, blackmail or offers.

Çelik accused what he described as a bureaucratic clique of coordinating the pressure. He said a political party was trying to take control of Üsküdar residents’ will through bureaucratic power and the judiciary.

We have never witnessed such organized evil in our democratic history, endured such immorality, or seen political ethics violated so deeply

· Özgür ÇelikÇelik used the statement to condemn what he described as pressure on Üsküdar council members.

“We do not accept a blow against the will of the people of Üsküdar,” he wrote, urging residents and others who support democracy and the national will to attend the gathering and defend their rights and political choice.

Let us meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. in front of Üsküdar Municipality. Let us stand up for our rights and our will

· Özgür ÇelikHe gave the time and location for the planned protest.
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