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NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel made evaluations regarding the economy, foreign policy and local governments at his party's group meeting.
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NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel criticized the government at the group meeting; He touched upon the problems of workers, farmers and retirees and evaluated the developments in foreign policy and local governments.
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Özgür Özel made statements about domestic and foreign policy at his party's weekly group meeting.
NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel took the podium at his party's weekly group meeting. Özel briefly said the following regarding the agenda:
"Dear guests, I respectfully greet you all from the group meeting of our NEW Party. While the ruling party could not take to the streets, we were with the workers and farmers again last week. After the political operations in Mersin, we came together with our citizens. We paid a condolence visit to Atilla Taş, who lost his precious child. We supported the families' search for justice at the 11th anniversary of the disaster in Gar Square in Ankara. In Bursa and Mudanya We listened to our citizens.
We also talked in Mersin, our ship on the Kyrenia-Tasucu voyage sank. We still haven't been able to find one person's body. We have not yet been able to reach 9 sailors in the ship accident in Silivri. We have received the requests, we are behind you all the way to continue the search until we reach the missing people. We share your pain.
The Russia-Ukraine war makes the navigation of ships in the Black Sea dangerous. At least 9 Turkish flagged merchant ships were attacked. Our ships are being hit, there is no voice from the government. They can't keep our ships safe. They do not make a single statement to the nation on this issue.
They are planning to send Turkish soldiers to the deserts of Yemen. Sending Turkish soldiers to Yemen is not Türkiye's plan or program. This is Trump's plan and is to serve the plans of the USA and Israel. The Parliament's authority cannot be violated in sending soldiers abroad. Making an agreement with a country at war means bringing the country into war.
Foreign policy cannot be based on personal relationships or give-and-take relationships. Everyone should know that those who do not have their own plan are part of someone else's plan. No one has the right to be the protector of Israel or to use Mehmetçik. Trump has an election on November 3. Trump is trying to crowd his back.
We listen to troubles wherever we go. We are in the top 5 places in the world in inflation and food inflation. We are in a worse situation than Rwanda and Kenya. We are experiencing 90 times the EU food average, and retirees and workers with the lowest income levels suffer the most. We see that retirees face the greatest disloyalty. We defend the rights of retirees in every rally we hold, and we promise to defend them from now on and to make all retirees smile.
Farmers are also at the point of rebellion. The crops remain in the field; The cost of collection has increased, the cost of diesel has increased. Hazelnut producers in the entire Black Sea region and pistachio producers in the Mediterranean are crying. In Bursa, they sold the world's most beautiful grape for 60 TL, but this year they can sell the same grape for 25 TL. They were able to sell 4 kilos of grapes and not produce 1 liter of diesel. Lemon producers in Mersin are experiencing a disaster. The price for lemon, which was 28 lira last year, is 7 lira this year. Olives, which were 75 liras last year, are 25 liras this year.
The severe crisis environment created by fund profiteering continues. 455 thousand investors were victimized. There are stock market victims whose voices no one hears. The number of people affected by this victimization reaches 5 million. Including their families, this number rises to 15-20 million. We are on the victims' side of this matter. We warned that a major disaster was coming 3 weeks before this funding crisis. They acted like it didn't exist until we announced a name. In Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, 7-8 people ate together, it cost 20 thousand TL, and everyone put the money for what they ate into one person's account. Put the images on the screens and assassinate your reputation.
Last week, they collectively vetoed the establishment of a commission regarding the funding crisis. MPs have a responsibility to bring this to light. They are digging Ekrem İmamoğlu's father's garden with a bulldozer in three places and looking for a safe. They take the gold earring from the ear of a 6-year-old girl. They say bullets are coming out of people's safes and euros are out. There are families who have been victimized for a year and a half.
When a document arrives, our MPs should present it. I stand behind all our friends to the end. If they don't want there to be any mistakes, then they should explain that list themselves. There are people who lost their children's school installments here. We do not consider the political views of the victim. They detained 4 of the journalists who reported on this issue and sent 2 of them to prison.
A major operation is being carried out against the mayors elected by the opposition parties. I expelled the Mayor of Manavgat from the party in one day. We detected that a municipal council member in Bodrum had taken a bribe and we took action at that moment. We didn't look at the tears of anyone who had a fault somewhere for even a minute. There were great slanders thrown at our friends. They gave away 2 million euros under parquet and houses from KİPTAŞ, lies. My friends whom I defend in every field are the ones elected by this nation.
President Ekrem will be at the podium tomorrow. If he can come to defend his right to a fair trial, I invite him to come and listen with an impartial eye. I do not invite you to support him. I invite you to defend that the right to defense should not be restricted. We are the staff who founded the NEW Party, whose 4 congresses were not counted and whose party was appointed trustee because we did not abandon our friends. We are facing pressure unprecedented in history.
We are the companions of those who say we will lie down like lions, let alone those who heed and run away. The Mayor of Izmir betrayed those who elected him, ignored the words he said 10 days ago, and started doing things that would devastate the people of Izmir. Beneficiaries and heroes will be separated from each other during this period. Of course, I understand how the events in Izmir make the people of Izmir feel.
Now, some people are talking nonsense about those who describe the local elections as a great victory: Will Özgür Özel make a self-criticism? If this hand made the last signature for Cemil Tugay, it would have been broken and would not have seen this day. Those who did not take any responsibility when their princesses escaped from Aydın and Afyon come forward and ask us, 'Will you apologize to Izmir?' I will lie under the feet of Izmir and not surrender to the slanderers. No one can come between Izmir and Özgür Özel. Everyone will know their place, we will take over all 31 districts in Izmir. Izmir, may Özgür Özel be sacrificed for you."
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
It is aimed to win 31 district municipalities in Izmir.
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- Will any official step be taken to send Turkish soldiers to Yemen?
- How will the grievances of fund profiteering be resolved?



