
Former CHP Izmir Deputy Aytun Çıray claimed that Özgür Özel and his entourage withdrew billions of liras of money from the bank, consisting of MP salary deductions.
Former CHP MP Aytun Çıray claimed that Özgür Özel and his party executives had withdrawn billions of liras from MP salary deductions by using the signatures they had put on blank paper.
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In his statements on social media, Aytun Çıray stated that party group managements made deductions from the salaries of MPs.
REACTION FROM AYTUN ÇIRAY TO ÖZGÜR ÖZEL
Former CHP Izmir Deputy Aytun Çıray claimed that Özgür Özel and his entourage took the money from the deductions from the salaries of the MPs when they left the CHP. Çıray claimed that party executives obtained signatures from MPs on blank papers due to urgent transactions, and that these signatures were used in bank transactions. Claiming that the money in question amounted to billions of liras, Çıray said, "The state cannot be handed over to them." he said.
"SIGNED ON A BLANK SHEET FOR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES"
Referring to internal party practices and deductions from MP salaries, Aytun Çıray included the following statements in his social media post:
"Great claim! Money is deducted from the salaries of the MPs of that party for the needs of the Party Group Managements. Of course, it was deducted from me too. Also, for urgent transactions, for example, signatures are taken from the MPs on blank paper in case it is necessary to appeal to the Constitutional Court. Of course, I also signed. But even in the remotest corner of our minds, we never imagined that the executives of our party @herkesicinCHP would use our signatures in bank transactions. And this has never happened in any party."
"ÖZEL AND HIS FRIENDS WITHDRAWED THE MONEY USING THE SIGNATURES"
In the continuation of his statement, Çıray, targeting Özgür Özel and the group managers of the period, continued his accusations with the following words: "We have now learned that Özel and his friends used the signatures on blank papers to withdraw the billions of lira deducted from the deputies deposited in the bank. As I said, the state cannot be handed over to them.

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