Türkiye · Wednesday, 4 November 2026
CHP leader Özgür Özel denies bribery claim: "Do they sell scarves in August?"
Özgür Özel, who leads Türkiye's main opposition party CHP, denied on Tuesday a claim that a businessman's son gave him $350,000 in cash, including $100,000 hidden in a scarf delivered to his home. Özel mocked the timing of the alleged delivery and demanded evidence beyond one man's testimony.
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