Üsküdar Municipality Dispute
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Turkey’s CHP leader Özgür Özel and detained Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş accuse officials of using the acting-mayor election to seize control of the municipality. YENİ Party figures condemn the maneuver and call for a protest outside Üsküdar Municipality.
Breaking: Özgür Özel accuses officials of trying to seize Üsküdar while people are detained
Speaking after Friday prayers in Çorlu, CHP leader Özgür Özel addressed the events at Üsküdar Municipality. Özel alleged that an election held while three people were detained would allow officials to take control of Üsküdar. “They are planning to seize Üsküdar through an election while three people are in detention. They are pursuing such a scheme. It is beyond reason, absolutely beyond reason,” …
Breaking: Sinem Dedetaş tells Üsküdar residents, “Part of an obvious plan”
Detained Üsküdar Mayor Sinem Dedetaş has addressed residents before the election for an acting mayor, calling the detentions at the municipality part of a deliberate plan. In a letter published ahead …
YENİ Party lawmaker calls Üsküdar maneuver a declaration of the government’s desperation
YENİ Party deputy leader and Bilecik lawmaker Yaşar Tüzün has denounced what he described as a last-minute attempt to reverse Üsküdar voters’ decision. In a statement posted on X, Tüzün said Üsküdar r…
YENİ Party calls on citizens to protest in Üsküdar, sets time and place
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. In a social media st…
