Second wave of corruption operation against IMM: First comment from AK Party

Zeydan Karalar, Deputy Chairman of the Union of Turkish Municipalities (TBB) and Mayor of Adana Metropolitan Municipality, reacted to the second wave operation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

AK Party Deputy Chairman Hasan Basri Yalçın said, 'When we look at all the statements made by the CHP, they tend to act as if it were just a political issue. Özgür Özel cannot say, 'I guarantee, there has been no such corruption in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.'

Following the detention of many people in an operation conducted by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and CHP’s presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, without naming anyone, addressed AKP President Erdoğan and said, “What happened? Couldn’t you fill your empty file? Did you fall into the trap of those who call you ‘the big one, the tail of the ox’…