PodcastMHP deputy threatens world-famous pianist Fazıl Say over İmamoğlu post
MHP lawmaker İsmail Özdemir has threatened world-famous pianist Fazıl Say over his social media post mocking the defamation campaign against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. Pro-government media and figures have been slamming İmamoğlu for having a one-hour meal at a fish restaurant during snow-control efforts.
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Far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) lawmaker İsmail Özdemir has threatened world-famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say over his social media post in support of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.
“Fazıl Say, be you, know how to crow well! Otherwise, while you are trying to raise your voice, that voice may reveal your other faults. You are an artist; stay with your art," Özdemir tweeted on Jan. 25.
3-Fazıl Say, bu yüzden sen sen ol, nasıl öteceğini iyi bil! Yoksa Maazallah sesim çıksın diye uğraşırken, o sesin başkaca ayıplarını ortaya dökmesin. Sanatçısın, sanatınla kal…
— İsmail ÖZDEMİR 🇹🇷 (@ismailozdemirrr) January 25, 2022
As the heavy snowfall started to take effect in Istanbul, it was revealed that Mayor İmamoğlu had a one-hour long dinner with British Ambassador Dominick Chilcott at a restaurant on Jan. 24.
Pro-government media and figures have been since slamming İmamoğlu over the dinner.
The mayor, from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), later said that the issue was being manipulated and that he had organized his meeting with the ambassador a long time ago.
Mocking the defamation campaign against İmamoğlu, Say tweeted on Jan. 25: "It is false news that our Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was seen in a restaurant last night. The truth is that these four people danced and drank like crazy at the disco last night and had fun. The person who took the photo is [MHP leader] Devlet Bahçeli! Greetings from Salvador Dali too."
The renowned pianist also posted a photo of himself with İmamoğlu and his family.
Belediye başkanımız @ekrem_imamoglu nun dün gece bir restoranda görüldüğü yanlış haberdir. İşin gerçeği şudur; bu 4 kişi dün bütün gece diskoda çılgınlar gibi dansetmiş, ve içmiş eğlenmiştir.
— Fazıl Say (@fazilsaymusic) January 25, 2022
Fotoğrafı çeken kişi de Devlet Bahçelidir!
Salvador Dali’nin de selamları var!
🚀🚀🚀 pic.twitter.com/dxPvZmMwH1
After MHP MP Özdemir's post targeting him, Say took to Twitter once again, saying the country "will see good days" in the near future.
“We will see good days, we will turn our paradise country into one where people live happily and young people have hopes. Let no one doubt that. For the sake of this, we have to cross this very thin and very scarred line, even if it falters. Do not forget; together comes strength,” Say tweeted on Jan. 26.
Güzel günler göreceğiz, cennet ülkemizi insanların mutlu yaşadığı, gençlerin umutlarının olduğu, bir hale getireceğiz.
— Fazıl Say (@fazilsaymusic) January 26, 2022
Bundan kimsenin kuşkusu olmasın.
Bunun uğruna da, bu çok ince ve çok yaralı çizgiden geçmek durumundayız, düşe kalka da olsa.
Unutmayalım; Birlikten güç doğar.
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