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Minister Kurum Reacts to Özgür Özel's Statements on the Canal Istanbul Project.

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Breaking news - Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum, accompanied by Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, made statements in Ayazağa, which was hit by floods. When journalists asked Minister Kurum about the statements made by New Party leader Özgür Özel regarding the Canal Istanbul project,...

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Breaking news - Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum, accompanied by Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi, made statements in Ayazağa, which was hit by floods. When journalists asked Minister Kurum about the statements made by New Party leader Özgür Özel regarding the Canal Istanbul project,...

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Özgür Özel, the leader of the New Party, offered condolences for the flood disaster in Istanbul, stating, "The Ayazağa riverbed was opened up for development during the AK Party's time in power at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The AK Party must be held accountable for the deaths." Addressing Minister Murat Kurum, Özel added, "Where is Sazlıbosna? You're drying up a dam and building houses in its place. The ground there is problematic, …

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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The Minister of Environment, Urbanism and Climate Change Murat Kurum, who was under fire for political statements made while search and rescue work was underway in the flood disaster in Ayazaga, reacted harshly to CHP President Özgür Özgür Özel. Describing the conduct of politics in this painful day as “simply incompetence”, the Agency “is an effort to cover up the troubles and ineptitude of their own administration. Let him see for himself what…

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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Following the flood disaster in Istanbul, work continues in Ayazağa, one of the areas hardest hit by the disaster. Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi and Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum, who inspected the area, made statements. Referring to the statements made by New Party leader Özgür Özel regarding the Canal Istanbul project after the disaster, Minister Kurum said, "To politicize this event is, in a word, coward…

Özgür Özel, the leader of the New Party, stated that the AKP is responsible for the loss of life in the Istanbul flood disaster. Criticizing Murat Kurum regarding the opening of riverbeds to construction, Özel brought up the construction in Sazlıbosna. The article "Özgür Özel's statement on the 'flood disaster': 'All responsibility lies with Murat Kurum'" first appeared on TR724.

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Cumhuriyet broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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