'Istanbul' and 'flood' statement from Özgür Özel: 'AK Party should be held accountable for the deaths'

NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel made evaluations about the agenda in the Çalar Saat program where he was a guest on NOW TV.

Speaking about Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay's transition to AKP, Özel said that he would hold him accountable after the change of power.

Stating that he contributed to the candidacy process in Izmir, Özel said, "At the end of the day, we determined that candidate. I have an effort in Izmir. There is the patience and credit that the people of Izmir showed us. Now that immoral person took that loan and sold it to the AK Party. He sold the people of Izmir to the AK Party."

Özel concluded his words with the following statement: "I am literally counting the days. First, I will change this government and then I will bring this down from Cemil Tugay's nose."

Continuing his criticism of Tugay, Özel used the following statements in his statement:

"When I hear Cemil Tugay's words, I feel nauseous. I feel nauseous, I get goosebumps. These general elections, this change of power, I know what he went there for. I would be dishonorable if I did not hold him accountable and hold him accountable with the same intention."

FLOOD DISASTER: AK PARTY SHOULD BE HELD TO ACCOUNT

Expressing his condolences for those who lost their lives in the flood disaster in Istanbul, Özel said, "Murat Kurum came out yesterday and said, 'From now on, let's keep our distance from construction in the stream beds'. The name of the politics that gave permission for construction in the stream beds is the AK Party. Just as the Ayazağa stream bed is, it was opened for construction during the AK Party's duty in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The AK Party should be held accountable for those who died. All the works of the CHP, and now the YENİ Party, in these stream beds in the past years." It is against construction. However, from time to time, these works have been carried out in these big projects with the permissions coming from the ministry headed by Mr. Kurum from Ankara. We are not involved in opening any streams to any construction. The previous administrations of AK Party and the Ministry of Urbanization are there. I ask the Minister: 'Where is Sazlıbosna?' You drain a dam and build houses in its place. The ground there is also problematic, and the construction there is also problematic. The Authority says 'We should not build on the stream bed' and an entire project is being built on the stream bed. All responsibility lies with Murat Kurum. İmamoğlu, who said 'Either Canal or Istanbul', is inside. AK Party proposed to the people of Istanbul that Murat Kurum would govern Istanbul. By 1 million 150 thousand, 'Get your hands off Istanbul, what Murat Kurum! "It was said that 'Ekrem will manage'," he said.