Are the investigations and lawsuits against Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu being carried out to force the CHP to agree with the AKP on constitutional amendments?<\/p>\n
With the signatures of 116 deputies, Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu will run as the sole candidate for the Republican People's Party's (CHP) presidential nomination appeal poll to be held on March 23.<\/p>\n
Imamo\u011flu, who will measure the support of the party members in the temay\u00fcl poll to be held under the name of primary elections, is also trying to cope with 6 ongoing lawsuits and more than 50 investigations against him. Lastly, the investigation, which was initiated on the grounds that his transfer from the university in TRNC to Istanbul University, where he graduated, was irregular, started to follow a different course with the report of the Higher Education Council (Y\u00d6K) that there were irregularities.<\/p>\n
At a press conference, \u0130mamo\u011flu's lawyers Adem S\u00f6z\u00fcer and Mehmet Pehlivan argued that there is no problem with Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu's transfer and diploma. However, the Imamo\u011flu front, which is expected to have undesirable legal consequences if the \u2018diploma investigation\u2019 turns into a lawsuit after the case known as the \u2018idiot\u2018 case in which he was sentenced, states that the only way to remove the obstacles to his candidacy is for the CHP to say \u2019yes' to the formula that will pave the way for President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan's re-nomination.<\/p>\n
Former AKP FMC Member M\u00fccahit Birinci pointed to this possibility in his post about the investigation into Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu's diploma.<\/p>\n
First, \u201cOn the occasion of this investigation, as a jurist who sees the upcoming verdict, I have a recommendation for the CHP leadership\u201d<\/em> and made the following suggestion:<\/p>\n \u201cYou still have the opportunity to shake the constitutional hand extended to you by the government and include in a possible package an amendment that would reduce the qualification for presidential election to \u201chigh school graduation\u201d. My advice to the CHP, \u201cforgery\u201d<\/strong> If they want to nominate Ekrem instead of defending him, they should take the path I recommend.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And despite all this, do you want to nominate Ekrem, who will probably be a high school graduate?<\/p>\n On the occasion of this investigation, as a jurist who sees the upcoming verdict, I have a recommendation for the CHP leadership:<\/p>\n Shake the hand of the Constitution that the government extends to you, and be elected President...<\/p>\n - M\u00fccahit Birinci (@birincimucahit) February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n