Main opposition responds to Erdoğan's remarks on Kılıçdaroğlu with shortest parliamentary press conference ever

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) held the shortest press conference in the history of parliament with a 23-second-long statement to respond to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's words about CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. CHP Group Deputy Chairman Özgür Özel said that they return all of the president's insults back to him, referring to his calling Kılıçdaroğlu a "shameless man."

Wednesday February 17 2021 04:38 pm

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Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Group Deputy Chairman Özgür Özel held a 23-second-long press conference to respond to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's remarks about CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

The president called Kılıçdaroğlu "shameless" after the latter said that the deaths of Turkish citizens in Iraq were Erdoğan's fault.

"Shameless man. I sent you my defense minister, my interior minister to debrief you. You are not worthy of these," Erdoğan said on Feb. 17 about Kılıçdaroğlu.

CHP Group Deputy Chairman Özel broke a record shortly after the president's remarks by holding a 23-second-long press conference.

In a video released shortly after the president's statements, Kılıçdaroğlu said that Erdoğan was "out of control."

"He insults me for asking about those who died. He insults me because he's out of control. But I will continue to ask about our 16 losses," Kılıçdaroğlu said.