New resignation news came in Izmir, which was shaken by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay’s announcement that he would resign from CHP and continue his path independently. Legal advisor Ahmet Okyay, known as Tugay’s right-hand man and serving as the municipal companies coordinator, announced that he resigned from his duties. It was claimed that Okyay’s unexpected resignation was due to his not being invited to the collective agreement signing ceremony that Tugay signed with the Belediye-İş Union the previous night. News of resignation also came from Konak.

Konak Municipal Council CHP Group Deputy Chairman Kazım Umdular announced that he resigned after the previous day’s council meeting. Umdular, after CHP council member Alaattin Kurt made the statement ‘I am being threatened’ at the meeting, said that the threat against the council member or any other person could not be accepted in any way. Allegedly, after the meeting, Konak Mayor Nilüfer Çınarlı Mutlu reacted to Umdular with the words, “Instead of defending me, you protected Alaattin Kurt.”

The statements made by the so-called comedian named Deniz Göktaş regarding religious values ​​in his show in Istanbul caused outrage. Göktaş, against whom an investigation was initiated for the crimes of “insulting religious values” and “insulting the President”, was detained at Istanbul Airport as soon as he returned from abroad the other day. Göktaş, whose statement at the police station was completed, was transferred to the Istanbul Palace of Justice in Çağlayan. CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Gürsel Tekin went to the courthouse to support Göktaş. However, Kılıçdaroğlu was protested by Göktaş’s friends and some lawyers, calling him ‘Traitor Kemal’.

HIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN REVEALED
Göktaş’s statement at the police station was revealed. Stating that he is a comedian and has a high income, Göktaş said that the YouTube channel that is the subject of the investigation belongs to him and that the video is a recording of the stand-up show he performed at Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theater on June 1. Answering the question about whether the expressions he used in the show were prepared in advance, Göktaş said, “The text of the speeches in this stand-up show belongs to a text I had prepared before.”

REFERRAL LETTER LIKE A COURSE
Deniz Göktaş, whose statement proceedings were completed at the prosecutor’s office, was referred to the Criminal Judgeship of Peace on Duty with a request for arrest. In the prosecutor’s referral letter, the limits of freedom of expression were explained. In the article, it was emphasized that the honor and reputation of individuals are under the guarantee of the Constitution and that insults, slander, swearing, obscene expressions and speeches that encourage hatred, discrimination and violence cannot be considered within the scope of freedom of expression. It was pointed out that in democratic societies, individuals’ ability to express their thoughts freely is a fundamental right, but this right is not unlimited. While it was learned that there were 185 different CIMER applications and complaints against Göktaş, Göktaş was arrested and sent to prison by the Criminal Judgeship of Peace on Duty, on charges of ‘insulting religious values’ and ‘insulting the President’.

FATHER GÖKTAŞ RECEIVED 3 DIFFERENT PRISON SENTENCES
On the other hand, it was revealed that his father, Kemal Göktaş, whom Göktaş described as a “good father”, “political father”, “father who takes action” in the show he performed in Harbiye, which he called “Dead Sea”, participated in armed actions within the terrorist organization of the Turkish People’s Liberation Army (THKO) in the 1980s. It was revealed that Göktaş was active within THKO in the 1980s, participated in the Çorum events, and was caught with weapons and ammunition. It was learned that Kemal Göktaş was sentenced to 10 years’ heavy imprisonment by the Erzincan Martial Law 1st Military Criminal Court, 3 years and 9 months’ heavy imprisonment by the Ankara 1st State Security Court, and 5 years’ hard imprisonment by the Ankara Martial Law 2nd Military Court, and remained in prison for a while.

WARNING FROM RELIGIOUS DIVINE SACRED HAS NO HUMOR
After Göktaş was detained due to the statements he used in his stand-up show, the Friday sermon sent by Diyanet to mosques all over Türkiye attracted attention. It was stated that the holy people were sometimes mocked in the sermon under the name of humor. The following statements were included in the sermon: “Consumption culture brought by the modern age, unconscious use of digital channels, and sometimes ridiculing our sacred values ​​under the name of humor, are alienating our children from our values ​​day by day. Pure minds face the risk of being lost in the vortex of superstitions, perverted movements, addiction and peer bullying.”

Ömer Faruk Çatal, married and father of three children, working as a Construction Technologies Teacher at a high school in Konya’s Karatay district, left his home in Ankara Mamak during the treacherous coup attempt of July 15 and went to the General Staff Headquarters. Çatal, who was hit by shrapnel in his jaw as a result of the gunfire opened from the helicopter, was treated in the hospital for a while. Çatal, who was able to be fed through a straw for 6 months and had a platinum attached to his jaw, still has difficulty in opening his jaw fully. Ömer Faruk Çatal states that the shrapnel in his chin makes him proud.

HIS BROTHER WAS MARTYRED 4 YEARS AGO
4 years ago, his brother, Infantry Specialist Sergeant Hasan Çatal, was martyred as a result of the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Claw-Lock Operation region carried out by the Turkish Armed Forces in the north of Iraq. Ömer Faruk Çatal said, “It has been 10 years since the treacherous coup attempt that targeted the unity and solidarity of our nation. The intervening years have not made us forget our pain; on the contrary, they have engraved the meaning of that night and the unique resistance of our nation in our memories even more strongly. I had the honor of becoming a veteran on that dark night. July 15 is the day when our nation showed the whole world that we can be united when it comes to common values. Our duty today is not to forget what happened that night and not to let future generations forget it. “It is our responsibility to explain how valuable democracy, national will and independence are. Because nations that forget their history may be doomed to experience the same pain again. I commemorate our July 15 martyrs with mercy and gratitude and salute the heroism and sacrifice of our nation,” he said.

PATRIOT-LOVER BROTHERS
The other brothers of the Çatal family, Aziz, are ready to die for the country without hesitation, while Aziz is a soldier and Serkan is a police officer. 4 brothers took this photo years ago.

Although years have passed since the treacherous coup attempt of July 15, the pain of the families of the martyrs remains as fresh as the first day. Lokman Biçinci, who took to the streets against the coup plotters upon the call of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and went to Akıncı Base, which was the main command center of the coup, was martyred at the age of 25 as a result of fire opened from a helicopter. Martyr Biçinci’s mother, Güldalı Biçinci, told SABAH about what she experienced that night and her son’s last words.

MORNING NEWS HAS COME
Mother Biçinci, who said that they were at home that night because of a family funeral, said that her son left the house quickly after the call: “My son said to me, ‘Mom, wait, I’ll come.’ I said, ‘Son, we have a funeral.’ He left the house saying, ‘Mother, the homeland is lost. First, our state, our nation, our flag.’ He never returned.” Stating that they did not receive news until the morning hours, the grieving mother said, “I received the news at 07:00 in the morning. I still could not believe it. I thought I was going to the funeral of our relative in Erzurum. At that time, the police stopped me and said, ‘Lokman was martyred’. At that moment, my world collapsed.”

‘THANKS TO THE COUNTRY’
Lokman’s mother, who said to his family a week before his martyrdom, “I was not martyred in the military, but I will be martyred,” said, “How many years have passed, but the pain is still the same as the first day, thank the country.”

‘VERY PROUD’
Güldalı Biçinci said, “The pain is great, but we are also very proud. May God not harm our state. If the same situation were to happen again today, we would go too. We are always with our nation and our state. We will not forget July 15, we will not let it be forgotten. May God never make our nation experience such pain again. May He grant health and long life to our veterans, and have mercy on our martyrs.”

HIS NAME WAS GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL, STAND AND STREET
MARTYR Lokman Biçinci became one of the 7 people who died as a result of the fire opened by the coup plotter soldiers on 8 thousand people of Kazan who wanted to save the base and prevent the planes taking off after it was understood that the Akıncı Main Jet Base Command in Kazan was used as the main command center during the July 15 coup attempt. Martyr Biçinci’s name is kept alive in his hometown, Kahramankazan, in Martyr Lokman Biçinci Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Kahramankazan Martyr Lokman Biçinci Stadium, and in Ankara Çankaya, on Martyr Lokman Biçinci Street.

123 Billion Lira Transportation Investment in Tekirdağ

Explaining that 123.2 billion liras have been invested in the field of transportation in Tekirdağ in the last 24 years, Uraloğlu said that the length of the divided road was increased from 86 kilometers to 412 kilometers. Stating that Tekirdağ and Hayrabolu ring roads, Kapaklı Bridge Junction, Barbaros Port Connection Road and many other important projects have been completed, the Minister stated that the construction of 6 highway projects throughout the city is continuing.

Istanbul-Tekirdağ Transportation Will Be Less Than 1 Hour

Stating that the distance between Istanbul and Tekirdağ will be shortened with the completion of the Kınalı-Malkara Highway, Uraloğlu said that the transportation time will decrease to less than 1 hour. He noted that with the completion of the project, the northern line of the Marmara Highway Ring will be united and an uninterrupted highway connection will be provided between Istanbul and Çanakkale. Referring to railway and maritime investments, Minister Uraloğlu stated that the railway lines in Tekirdağ were renewed, Tekirdağ Marina was put into service and the National Maritime Safety Directorate was established in the city, and emphasized that the investments made will further increase the economic and logistics power of Tekirdağ.

The incident took place with an official vehicle with license plate 45 AYT 170, which was rented on behalf of Şehzadeler Municipality’s subsidiary company Şehzadeler Mühendislik and used in municipal services.

ADMINISTRATIVE FINE WAS APPLIED

Deputy Mayor Emre Halil Esenkaya got behind the wheel drunk and was involved in a one-sided traffic accident with an official vehicle. Upon notification, the police teams came to the scene and during the alcohol check, it was determined that Esenkaya was over the legal limit. Thereupon, his driver’s license was temporarily confiscated and an administrative fine was imposed. A parked service vehicle was also damaged in the accident.

HE DESCRIBED THE SCANDAL AS A “PAINTING OF PRIDE”

After the accident involving the official municipality vehicle became a public issue, Emre Halil Esenkaya made oral statements on the issue at the Municipal Council meeting.

Describing the incident as a “table of pride”, Esenkaya said:

“I had a one-sided traffic accident with the vehicle with plate number 45 AYT 170, which was in my dispatch and management. The vehicle in question was rented to our municipality subsidiary company, Şehzadeler Mühendislik, and allocated to our municipality by the company to be used in municipal services. As a result of the accident, it was determined that he was drunk, my driver’s license was confiscated and an administrative fine was imposed. In the accident, the parked service vehicle was also slightly damaged.

I take full responsibility for the incident that occurred. I would like to share with the public that I will personally cover all maintenance and repair expenses of the damaged rental car and two service vehicles. Since I will personally cover the damage incurred, there will be no public damage. Here is the waiver I signed regarding the issue. Necessary investigations have been initiated by our municipality and our company. Necessary notifications have been made to public institutions and organizations regarding the accident.”