Reaction from Özgür Özel to Cemil Tugay: "If I knew, I wouldn't even greet you"

Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay, who announced that he would continue his path independently when he resigned from CHP, joined the AK Party three months after this decision.

REACTION FROM ÖZGÜR ÖZEL TO TUGAY

New Party Chairman Özgür Özel also reacted harshly to Tugay.

Expressing that he was extremely saddened and ashamed of what happened, Özel said, "They pinned a badge on a person they did not know and criticized for years with insults. He is a traitor for Izmir, a traitor for us." he said.

"Did he buy the will of the people of Izmir? We will see." "The people of Izmir will give the necessary account in the first ballot box," said Özel. He expressed his reaction by saying.

“WE WILL GET HALF-BREAKING WITH IZMIR AND GIVE THE NECESSARY ANSWER”

Responding to allegations that the candidate was wrong, Özel continued as follows:

"If I knew it was wrong, I wouldn't salute, even if I was hurt. Who knows such dishonor? We will win one of the biggest elections in history in Izmir in the first elections. We will say goodbye to Izmir and give the necessary response."

FIRST AFTER 27 YEARS

With this move by Tugay, the administration passed to the AK Party for the first time in the history of the city. With the participation of Tugay, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality began to be governed by a mayor belonging to a right-wing party again after 27 years.

The last center-right metropolitan mayor in the city was Burhan Özfatura, candidate of the True Path Party, in 1994.

DSP and CHP candidates won the local elections after Özfatura's term ended in 1999.

Ahmet Piriştina, Aziz Kocaoğlu, Tunç Soyer and finally Cemil Tugay served as mayors.