Victory Party Chairman Ümit Özdağ made a statement to the press at his party's district headquarters in Antalya's Manavgat district.
Touching on the problems experienced by the agriculture and tourism sector in Antalya, Özdağ made evaluations regarding the fund investigation.
Reacting to the rejection of the proposal to establish a commission to investigate the funding crisis in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Özdağ called on the opposition parties to form a joint commission. Özdağ also criticized the judicial proceedings against journalists who published about the investigation and the access blocks imposed on their social media accounts.
"ANTALYA IS EXPERIENCED A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT IN BOTH TOURISM AND AGRICULTURE"
Stating that they will visit tradesmen and markets in Manavgat within the scope of their visit to Antalya, Özdağ stated that they also met with farmers and said:
"Today, we are in Manavgat, at the third visit point of our visit to Antalya, and we will meet with the dear people of Manavgat, visit tradesmen and markets, and get the opinions of the citizens about the economic crisis. On the way, we exchanged views with our farmer friends about the problems of agriculture and listened to their troubles. Antalya is undoubtedly one of the most popular centers of Turkish tourism and Turkish agriculture. However, unfortunately, this year, Antalya experienced a great disappointment in both tourism and tourism. "There is a great disappointment in agriculture. However, Antalya represents a great potential that will feed not only Türkiye but also the region."
Criticizing agricultural policies, Özdağ argued that unplanned production, support policies, the closure of the State Planning Organization and village schools negatively affected agricultural production.
Özdağ continued as follows:
"Wrong agricultural policies, wrong support policies, unplanned production, the closure of the State Planning Organization, the persistent denial of constitutional rights to aid and support to farmers in violation of the Constitution, the destruction of the legal structure of the villages by the Metropolitan Municipality Law, the emptying of villages as a result of the closure of village schools and the return to mobile education, the separation of the young population from the land and farming, all of them negatively reflect on Antalya, Turkish agriculture and the future of Türkiye. "The result is the negative outlook that the AK Party's 24-year rule has created."
"Türkiye HAS BECOME EXPENSIVE FOR BOTH DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TOURISTS"
Stating that the tourism sector in Antalya is also facing economic problems, Özdağ criticized the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, and said:
"Unfortunately, in Antalya, which is the pearl of the Mediterranean and Türkiye in tourism, where there are over 500 five-star hotels, half of which are in Manavgat, the expected number of tourists cannot be reached in tourism. Neither foreign tourists nor Turkish tourists. Because as a result of the economic policies followed, Turkey has become incredibly expensive for both Turkish tourists and foreign tourists. And the tourism sector has received a very heavy blow. We have a Minister of Tourism who comes from the tourism sector. But this minister's support for Turkish tourism "We have not seen that it has any benefit so far. We know that it has benefited him, but unfortunately it has not benefited Turkish tourism at all. It has not represented a policy that will create permanent and strategic support for Turkish tourism."
"FUND CORRUPTION REVEALED THE NEED FOR ELECTIONS AGAIN"
Arguing that the economic problems in Türkiye are deepening, Özdağ called for early elections and said:
"While Antalya is dealing with these problems and economic depression, the business world is trying to save the day, trying to pay the bills, while there are major bankruptcies in agriculture, a 10 percent segment, a rentier segment in Türkiye, is making huge profits. This unfair order has been going on for years. And now, Türkiye needs to hold an election quickly to change this order. Fund fraud has clearly demonstrated the need for elections once again. Justice is liquidated with hostile criminal law practices, citizens are subject to laws despite the Constitution's command." "We live in a Türkiye where people are not equal before each other and where there are separate legal practices for the opposition and separate legal practices for the government."
"Since a COMMISSION CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED IN THE GNAT, LET'S ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION"
Expressing that he had doubts that the fund investigation would be clarified in all its aspects, Özdağ called on the opposition parties after the proposal to establish an investigation commission in the Turkish Grand National Assembly was rejected.
Özdağ said:
"We have great doubts that the ongoing investigation following this fund fraud will reveal the truth. The proposal to establish an investigation commission in the Parliament was rejected. Why is it rejected? I would like to make a call to the esteemed chairmen of all opposition parties.
Dear chairmen, let us establish an investigation commission together and all political parties, as opposition parties, should nominate members to this commission, except those in the opposition who oppose the establishment of this commission. And let us, as the commission, investigate this fund corruption and share our findings about the scope of corruption with the Turkish nation in a report. Since the Turkish Grand National Assembly commission cannot be established, then let's establish the national commission on this issue. "I will also call the esteemed chairmen one by one and convey this proposal regarding this issue."
"YOU ARE DETAINING THOSE WHO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE, AND THOSE WHO EARN LARGE MONEY ARE NOT STATEMENT"
Referring to the summoning of journalists İsmail Saymaz and Murat Ağırel and the detention of Şaban Sevinç and Mustafa Balcı due to their statements regarding the fund investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, Özdağ stated that his doubts about the way the investigation was carried out increased. Özdağ said:
"One of the issues that increases our doubts about how persistent the investigation will be in reaching the truth is that members of the press who publish on this issue and share information with the public are called to testify or detained. Şaban Sevinç was detained because of the statements he made on this issue. I did not hear that Şaban Sevinç had money in the fund. I did not hear that Şaban Sevinç benefited from this fund fraud and made big profits. You invite those who investigate this issue to testify or take them into custody, but these funds are bigger than these funds." "Those who earn money do not testify for days. They do not return all the money they earned in this business. And they come and go like guests."
"DON'T NORTH KORELINIZE Türkiye"
Özdağ also criticized the access barriers to social media accounts that shared posts regarding the fund investigation and made the following statements:
"Again, we see that accounts
CALL FROM ÖZDAĞ TO THE NEW PARTY: "EXPLAIN THE LIST OF NAMES RELATED TO THE FUNDING CRISIS"
Özdağ, who made a call to the NEW Party after his evaluations about the fund crisis, said, "Dear members of the press, we criticize the government regarding this fund corruption. But here we also have a call to the NEW Party. Someone gave the NEW Party the list of names of those involved in this corruption. So, explain, brother. What are you waiting for? If the government does not explain, you explain. Let the people find out who did what as soon as possible. We will explain it that day, we will explain it today, if you do this, we will explain it, if you do this, we will explain it. "We will not explain it. Such a thing cannot happen. If you cannot explain it to us, we will explain it. No problem. Please share whatever information you have on this subject with the Turkish nation."
