AKP council member put on a show; He threw himself on the ground and shouted that they were beating me.

Ergün Demir / Kocaeli

Following the argument that broke out between the Metropolitan Municipality teams and Izmit Municipality teams in Tavşantepe this morning, AKP Council Member İbrahim Efethrowing himself on the ground and saying “They are beating me. Police!He shouted, astonishing those who saw him.

Following allegations that Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality teams did not allow Izmit Municipality employees into the Kocaeli City Hospital road work area in the Tavşantepe region of Kocaeli’s Izmit district, the Mayor of Izmit Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet and his colleagues went to the scene. When Mayor Hürriyet went to the region, Izmit Municipality Council member from AKP, İbrahim Efe, also went to the region.

lay down and rolled

When a citizen gently pushed Ibrahim Efe, who did not verbally harass Mayor Hürriyet and his team while walking along the road, to prevent them from getting close to the president, Efe threw himself on the ground and started rolling. At one point, İbrahim Efe got up from the ground, threw himself on the ground again and started shouting, “Help, police, they are beating me.” Citizens in the region watched İbrahim Efe’s show with astonishment.

Who is İbrahim Efe?

İbrahim Efe, who served as İzmit Tavşantepe Mukhtar in the past, was nominated as a parliamentary candidate from the AKP in the May 2023 elections, but could not be elected. Efe, who did not run for headman in the last local elections, was elected as Izmit Municipality AKP Council Member.