CHP Files Complaint Against High-Ranking AKP Officials

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Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul Provincial Chair Kaftancıoğlu has filed a complaint against high-ranking AKP officials for "trying to deceive the official institutions with misstatements."

Speaking to reporters after submitting the complaint, Kaftancıoğlu said that the AKP officials made misstatements on many topics, especially on the election results and the voter registrations in Büyükçekmece district.

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CHP demanded public prosecution for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) officials for "trying to deceive official institutions with misstatements, insult and defamation through the press, provoking people to hatred and enmity, insulting people, illegally obtaining documents that were not made public and using them in official correspondence."

The following officials of AKP were included in the petition as "suspects": Deputy Chair Ali İhsan Yavuz, İstanbul Provincial Chair Bayram Şenocak, Büyükçekmece District Chair Murat Çelik, candidate of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Binali Yıldırım, candidate of Büyükçekmece District Municipality Mevlüt Uysal, Büyükçekmece Youth and Sports District Deputy Manager Oktay Şahin.

"Even if there is nothing, something definitely happened"

AKP Deputy Chair Ali İhsan Yavuz held a press conference today, saying their appeals against the results will continue.

"Even if there is nothing, we say that something definitely happened. There were some unlawful operations that we could definitely not have noticed before the elections, on the election day. We will determine those one by one and will file a complaint," Yavuz said. (AS/VK)