
Şahinbey Municipal Council Member Ali Yıldırım was arrested on charges of insulting the President.
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Şahinbey Municipal Council Member Ali Yıldırım was arrested on charges of insulting the President.
In Gaziantep, Şahinbey Municipal Council Member Ali Yıldırım was arrested on the charge of "insulting" AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
NEW Party Gaziantep Provincial Chairman Erhan Deniz Güngen made a statement on the X account after Şahinbey Municipal Council Member Ali Yıldırım was arrested on the charge of "insulting the President".
Güngen reacted to the arrest warrant by saying, "No one can be treated as a criminal without a final court decision."
Güngön included the following in his post:
"We bring to the attention of the public that our NEW Party Şahinbey Municipal Council Member, Mr. Ali Yıldırım, was arrested on the charge of 'insulting the President'. First of all, we would like to express that one of the basic elements of the rule of law is that everyone is equal before the law, the presumption of innocence is protected and the right to a fair trial is guaranteed. No one can be treated as guilty without a final court decision.
As the New Party Gaziantep Provincial Directorate, we emphasize that we will closely follow the legal process of our council member Ali Yıldırım and the importance of preserving fair trial guarantees. "We will continue our stance in favor of the rule of law, fundamental rights and freedoms, democracy and justice."
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