Ümit Özdağ: Silivri is not just a prison for the AKP. It is a wonderful place that connects Thrace and Istanbul..

Union of Turkish Bar Associations: "Political criticism being a reason for investigation and detention is a threat to democracy."

Sinan Oğan: "During a process in which the PKK leader was invited to Parliament, the detention of Ümit Özdağ on the grounds that he insulted the President and his arrest for the crime of 'inciting the public to hatred and hostility' are both wrong, unjust and unlawful."

Arresting the chairman of a political party based on his social media posts from 5 years ago is the massacre of both democracy and the independence of the judiciary. Arresting the chairman is the work of putschists. Keeping your counterpart in prison is the work of cowards. Having your rival arrested is the work of the helpless.

The corridors of Çağlayan Courthouse after the arrest warrant: "Down with tyranny, long live freedom!"

Ümit Özdağ, who was arrested for the charge of openly inciting the public to hatred and hostility, will be transferred to Metris Prison.

Following his statement at the courthouse, Özdağ was released for "insulting the President," and an arrest request was made for "inciting the public to hatred and hostility." Özdağ was arrested by the court to which he was brought.

Muharrem İnce “An investigation into Ekrem İmamoğlu, Ümit Özdağ detention. You are trying to intimidate anyone who dissents. Are you doing all of these to release terrorist leader Öcalan?”

Zafer Party Spokesperson Azmi Karamahmutoğlu: "We have only one request from them: Imprison Unionist Ümit Özdağ in Bekirağa Company.

Mansur Yavaş: “The detention of Ümit Özdağ is a source of deep concern in terms of freedom of expression and democratic values. What is the rush? You are hastily implementing detentions. Let the process take its course.”

Sinan Oğan: “It is unacceptable for Zafer Party Chairman Ümit Özdağ to be detained in Ankara and taken to Istanbul due to an investigation launched by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on the grounds that he insulted President Erdoğan during his speech at the Zafer Party 4th Provincial Chairs Workshop in Antalya.”

Ümit Özdağ You can't silence me without killing me!”

Ülkü Ocakları Chairman Ahmet Yiğit Yıldırım: "Ümit Özdağ is a discord merchant who attacks the Turkish nation, the Idealist Movement and the Idealist Hearths with his slanders. As our leader Mr. Devlet Bahçeli stated, this person is literally an 'intelligence fossil'."

Ülkü Ocakları Chairman Ahmet Yiğit Yıldırım: "Ümit Özdağ is a discord merchant who attacks the Turkish nation, the Idealist Movement and the Idealist Hearths with his slanders. As our leader Mr. Devlet Bahçeli stated, this person is literally an 'intelligence fossil'."

Ümit Özdağ will remain in custody at the Istanbul Police Department tonight. He will be referred to the Çağlayan Courthouse tomorrow.

Ahmet Davutoğlu "The fact that Ümit Özdağ was detained in Ankara and taken to Istanbul is clearly an intervention in politics by the judiciary!"

The unjust attitudes towards a leader who has a serious impact in society eventually end with the creation of a great hero.

Ümit Özdağ: "No Crusade has inflicted as much damage on the Turkish nation as Erdoğan and the AKP."

Ümit Özdağ: “Mehmet Akif Ersoy did not report on the Afghan who raped a 12-year-old child in Eskişehir 2 days ago.