AKP: Investigation launched against Çakıcı

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Bülent Turan, the Parliamentary Group Deputy Chair of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has stated that the prosecutor's office has launched an investigation against Alaattin Çakıcı.

Convicted of leading a criminal organization and having served 16 years behind bars, Çakıcı was released from prison on April 15, 2020 after the Parliament passed "the law of criminal enforcement" in a stated attempt to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in prisons.

Çakıcı has shared two threatening and insulting letters targeting Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the Chair of the Republican People's Party (CHP).

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Speaking against this backdrop, AKP's Bülent Turan has said, "The prosecutor's office has apparently launched the necessary investigation. Regarding this issue... The law will operate in its own sphere. This is the information that I have obtained from the authorities."

AKP Group Deputy Chair has also answered the question of reporters. Referring to the motion on deployment of peacekeeping troops in Azerbaijan, Turan has said that the motion was backed by all political parties in the Parliament, except for the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

"We hope that the motion will be for the good of our country, soldiers and Azerbaijan. If only we could have done it with the participation of all parties," Bülent Turan has indicated further.

What happened?

In his speech at the Parliamentary group meeting, Kılıçdaroğlu addressed Devlet Bahçeli, the Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), and said, "He criticizes the CHP very often because he has been assigned with being a watchman." He also asked, "Will you stop releasing mafia leaders and drug traffickers while imprisoning criminals of thought?"

Following this statement, Alaattin Çakıcı shared a statement on his Twitter account and warned Kılıçdaroğlu "to watch his step." He also threatened the main opposition chair by saying, "If you equate traitors with Bahçeli, you will make the biggest mistake of your life."

After this statement was shared with the public on social media, several prominent figures from the CHP, including CHP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chairs Engin Altay and Özgür Özel, Spokesperson Faik Öztrak and Ankara MP Levent Gök have denounced the statement.

After Kılıçdaroğlu filed a complaint for "insult" and "threat" against Çakıcı on November 18, he has once again insulted and threatened him.

Devlet Bahçeli, the Chair of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which has been in the People's Alliance with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), expressed his support for Alaattin Çakıcı on social media. (EMK/SD)