Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen and 28 people were detained

Within the scope of the investigation carried out by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, 28 people, including Eyüpsultan Mayor Mithat Bülent Özmen, were detained.

In the statement of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, it was stated that the suspects were accused of "being a member of a criminal organization", "taking a bribe", "giving a bribe" and "tender rigging".

NEW Party Istanbul Provincial Chairman Özgür Çelik made a statement in front of Eyüpsultan Municipality in the evening.

Çelik explained his meeting with Özmen about two months ago and said that the mayor told him about the importance of the concepts of "people's rights" and "the city is safe".

“THIS IS A VIOLATION OF PERSON'S RIGHTS”

Stating that Özmen told him that more than 100 thousand people voted in Eyüpsultan, Çelik said:

"The people of Eyüpsultan have a right over us. This is very important," he said. He particularly underlined one of the rights of a servant. The second one said, "The city's trustworthy means the reliable people of the city. People trusted us and surrendered their votes and will. As a result of this, we are people who have no purpose other than serving our neighbors in Eyüpsultan."

Reacting to the detention of Çelik, Özmen and the municipality employees, he said, "I am saying this in the words of Mithat Bülent Özmen. This is trespassing on people's rights. These practices are wrong. These practices are of no benefit to either our country or our nation."

“THESE APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE GIVEN UP”

Claiming that the operations have political purposes, Çelik said:

"These are practices carried out by those who truly understand that they will never win an election in Turkey again. These practices must be abandoned as soon as possible. This is wrong. Our friends must return to their duties."

Stating that Özmen and the detained municipality employees were taken to Ankara, Çelik said that the legal process was being followed and a legal delegation from Istanbul would also go to Ankara.

“WHILE FUND PROFITTERS ARE WALKING ON THE STREETS...”

In his statement, Çelik also touched upon the "fund" investigation and said:

"Those who covet the 3-5 pennies in our citizens' pockets and enrich themselves with the fund profiteering they have committed in the corruption of the century are currently wandering around the streets, while our fellow travelers and municipal workers, who are innocent of any crime, are being detained with allegations that are completely unfounded, baseless, and have no concrete evidence."

“THE BALLOT BOX WILL COME BEFORE THE NATION”

Çelik completed his statement as follows:

"We are never hopeless or indecisive. All our friends are standing tall. We are standing tall. The ballot box will definitely come before the nation. Both Eyüpsultan, Istanbul and Turkey will respond to these practices at the ballot box when the day comes. We are here, we will continue to be here."