Chamber of Architects Sued for “Sold inch by inch” Case

Vice Chairman of Justice and Development Party (AKP), Bülent Arınç, said that Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor, Melih Gökçek, sold Ankara inch by inch to the parallel structure.

Public Prosecutor of Ankara launched a libel suit against Tezcan Karakuş who is Ankara Branch Chairperson of Chamber of Architects.

According to the news of Mesut Hasan Benli from Hürriyet Daily News, the prosecution launched libel suit before the elections but it didn’t make any progress. Then, sued Tezcan Karakuş after Melih Gökçek made an allegation.

Karakuş was requested to be punished according to the prepared accusation. Melih Gökçek was complainant.

Karakuş: It’s a threat

Karakuş said:

“The accusation is a threat against the Chamber of Architects and Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects.

“In this country, the ones who have immunity shield won’t be on trial. The ones who defend a piece of earth of this country, her forests, water and who defend Atatürk Forest Farm (recently the Presidential Palace was built on its land) will be on trial. It stinks.”

What had Karakuş said?

After Bülent Arınç’s explanation ‘sold inch by inch’, Tezcan Karakuş said in March:

 “The timing of Melih Gökçek who declared by government’s spokesperson that he sold Ankara inch by inch is suspect because he accused us of disturbing the peace and notified us on World Theatre Day. It is evident that we disrupted their parceling and unearned incomes.

 “Because of these people who violate the law and their parceling and selling the land inch by inch, there isn’t any public order. Everybody knows who disturbs the peace and who works for the public weal.

 “Bülent Arınç revealed Gökçek. Everybody knows who loves the country, who struggles for a country to live and breathe in, who is bad or who is good, who gets unearned income. I’m honest and I speak now not on June 8,” (Bülent Arınç said he would give away the secrets of Melih Gökçek on June 8 but he didn’t). (EKN/BD)

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