Scandalous Allegation in the Efforts to Seize Control of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality: 'They Say, "I'll Talk to the Prosecutor, if You Switch to the AKP, Your Case Will Be closed."'

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Özgür Karabat, a New Party Istanbul MP, alleged that some individuals, acting on behalf of prosecutors, threatened CHP members of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Council, saying, "If you switch to the AKP, your case will be closed." Addressing the prosecutors, Karabat said, "Do you know the people acting on your behalf? Investigate, track them, and take action. They are threatening the public in your name!"

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New Party Istanbul MP Karabat claimed that an organized pressure campaign was being waged against CHP council members in order to seize a majority in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Council. Karabat stated that individuals portraying themselves as having connections with the ruling party or prosecutors were even going to the homes of council members, saying, "They might arrest you, but if you switch to the AKP, your case will be closed," …

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The AK Party, which does not have a majority in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Council, is trying to close the gap through transfers and arrests. Yeni Parti MP Karabat revealed that council members are being pressured through files and told, "If you switch to the AK Party, I will talk to the prosecutor."

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Özgür Karabat, a New Party Istanbul MP, claimed that some municipal council members were threatened through the judiciary to switch to the AKP. Karabat alleged that the council members were told, "They might arrest you!", followed by an offer: "I will talk to the prosecutor; if you switch to the AKP, your case will be closed!" Karabat stated that these conversations were not limited to phone calls and that they even went to the council members' …

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Özgür Karabat, a member of the NEW Party, alleged that Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Assembly members were threatened with "If you switch to the AKP, your case will be closed." Karabat said, "I am addressing the prosecutors from here: Do you know the people acting on your behalf?"