Turkey’s CHP reprimands Mayor Tanju Özcan for feedback towards former chief Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
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Turkey’s foremost opposition celebration, the Republican Individuals’s Get together (CHP) on August 28 reprimanded its Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan for focusing on its former chief Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
He was beforehand referred to the celebration’s disciplinary board in July after he as soon as once more addressed and criticized Kılıçdaroğlu in a social media submit.
Özcan mentioned, “He most likely has 50 loyal deputies. Are you a god or a cult chief? What does a devoted deputy imply?” he requested the previous celebration chairman, accusing him of being “obsessive about energy.”
The celebration unanimously determined to reprimand Özcan at a board assembly on August 28.
In a social media submit, Özcan mocked the choice and mentioned he had damaged a world document.
“I’ve obtained all of the punishments (Warning, Reprimand, Non permanent Expulsion and Last Expulsion) {that a} member of the celebration can obtain. I believe I’ve certified for the Guinness World Data with this efficiency,” he mentioned.
The CHP Excessive Disciplinary Board issued a reprimand towards me as we speak. I respect the choice, however I’m confronted with an attention-grabbing scenario. With this choice, I made world historical past.
Why? He obtained all of the penalties {that a} celebration member can obtain (Warning, Reprimand, Non permanent Expulsion and Last Expulsion)…
— Tanju ÖZCAN (@tanjuozcanchp) August 28, 2024
Kılıçdaroğlu was the chief of CHP between 2010 and 2023 as he misplaced the final congress of the celebration to Özgür Özel after defeating him within the presidential election.
“If loss of life involves me sooner or later, I do not need you to attend my funeral. What a disgrace, for all of the efforts I put into you,” Kılıçdaroğlu responded to Özcan. “What’s ‘Are you a god?’ modifying? God forbid. What’s ‘Are you a cult chief?’ modifying? My life has been spent combating cults.”
Özcan had criticized Kılıçdaroğlu’s presidential candidacy within the 2023 common elections and had marched from Bolu to the CHP headquarters within the capital Ankara demanding a change of celebration management after the defeat.
Özcan was additionally beforehand expelled from the celebration for his sexist feedback in direction of a municipal council member from the ruling Justice and Growth Get together (AKP).
As native elections on March 31 approached, the celebration pardoned Özcan as a part of its Republic Centenary program. Özcan ran once more because the CHP mayoral candidate for Bolu and received with 52.9 p.c of the votes.
He’s additionally recognized for his anti-refugee discourse, introducing a sequence of xenophobic measures within the province.