Detained President Hüseyin Can Güner to the presidents who joined AKP: 'We are freer than them in 9 square meter cells!'

Mayor Hüseyin Can Güner, who was arrested within the scope of the investigation against Çankaya Municipality, made evaluations about both the accusations against him and the mayors who switched from opposition parties to AKP in his statements from prison.

Answering the questions of detained journalist İsmail Arı from BirGün, Güner criticized the implementation of arrest measures in operations against municipalities.

Güner said, "We manage the public budget on behalf of the public. We have executive powers, so it is our duty and our political understanding to be accountable for every action taken. However, we have the right to expect a fair, equal, impartial and free trial. In other words, our objection is not to trial, but to arrest."

"WE PROTECTED 250 MILLION LIRAS OF ÇANKAYA PEOPLE"

Stating that the investigation against him was initiated upon the complaint of a company that has been receiving the municipality's car rental tenders for 15 years, Güner said that they canceled the tender that resulted in 26 million 380 thousand liras per month in October 2024.

Stating that the monthly price decreased to 21 million 950 thousand liras with the reorganization of the tender, Güner argued that thanks to this change, the municipality paid approximately 250 million liras less in the two-year period.

Güner said, "So, our crime is to protect the 250 million TL of the people of Çankaya and not to make the contractor pay for it."

Claiming that the tender procedures are supervised by the Public Procurement Authority, the Council of State and the prosecutor's office, Güner said, "We have to protect the interests of Çankaya, not a company, and therefore our conscience is extremely clear."

REACTION TO PRESIDENTS WHO ASSUMED AKP: "THEY ARE EXPERIENCED THE LONELINESS AND SLAVEMENT OF BETRAYAL"

Güner also criticized the mayors who left opposition parties and joined the AKP.

Arguing that mayors who change parties betray the voters who voted for them and the parties to which they were nominated, Güner said:

"In a way that no one could have predicted before, elected mayors are asking, 'Your freedom or your dignity?' I would not have imagined that he would be left in this dilemma. "Unfortunately, these people have betrayed their families, their communities, the voters who voted for them, and the parties that nominated them."

Güner continued his statement with the following statements:

"We are freer and more numerous than them in 9 square meter cells. They, on the other hand, experience the loneliness and captivity of betrayal."

"IT IS POSSIBLE NOT TO COMMIT A CRIME IN Türkiye, BUT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO NOT GO TO PRISON"

Speaking about the arrest process, Güner stated that he was abroad when he received the news of the operation and returned to Türkiye voluntarily.

Arguing that there are no suspicions of escape for this reason, Güner stated that although he has been detained for about four months, no case has been filed against him yet.

Explaining that he spent his days in prison reading books, playing baglama and following the current agenda, Güner made the following evaluation about the detention process: