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  "id": "2026-09-19-ozel-imamoglu-yavas-adaylik",
  "threadId": "cumhurbaskani-adayligi-tartismasi",
  "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-ozel-if-imamoglu-cannot-run-mansur/",
  "lang": "en",
  "date": "2026-09-19",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T06:00:00+03:00",
  "updatedAt": "2026-09-19T19:05:46.629Z",
  "category": "politics",
  "categoryName": "Politics",
  "headline": "Özel: Mansur Yavaş's candidacy is a very important option",
  "summary": "Yeni Parti leader Özgür Özel told T24 that Ekrem İmamoğlu is a candidate \"as long as he is legally eligible,\" adding that Mansur Yavaş's candidacy is also \"a very important option.\" Özel said, \"They will do everything so President Ekrem cannot run,\" and noted he was informed beforehand about Yavaş's September 9 meeting with Erdoğan.",
  "agreement": "single-source",
  "entities": [
    {
      "name": "Özgür Özel",
      "slug": "ozgur-ozel",
      "type": "person",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ozgur-ozel/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ekrem İmamoğlu",
      "slug": "ekrem-imamoglu",
      "type": "person",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ekrem-imamoglu/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mansur Yavaş",
      "slug": "mansur-yavas",
      "type": "person",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/mansur-yavas/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yeni Parti",
      "slug": "yeni-parti",
      "type": "party",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/yeni-parti/"
    },
    {
      "name": "CHP",
      "slug": "chp",
      "type": "party",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/chp/"
    },
    {
      "name": "T24",
      "slug": "t24",
      "type": "media",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/t24/"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "Ekonomim",
      "title": "Özel: Muhalefet olmayı kabul etseydim, önceki görevimdeydim",
      "url": "https://www.ekonomim.com/gundem/ozel-muhalefet-olmayi-kabul-etseydim-onceki-gorevimdeydim-haberi-919367",
      "leaning": "independent",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T15:40:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Halk TV",
      "title": "Özgür Özel'den flaş çıkış: İmamoğlu aday olamazsa dedi, Mansur Yavaş seçeneğini açıkladı",
      "url": "https://halktv.com.tr/siyaset/ozgur-ozelden-flas-cikis-imamoglu-aday-olamazsa-dedi-mansur-yavas-secenegini-acikladi-1056111h",
      "leaning": "opposition",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T15:27:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Halk TV",
      "title": "Özgür Özel Norveç'ten gelen paha biçilemez defteri imzaladı! Ecevit, İnönü ve Çetin ve dahası...",
      "url": "https://halktv.com.tr/siyaset/ozgur-ozel-norvecten-gelen-paha-bicilemez-defteri-imzaladi-ecevit-inonu-ve-cetin-ve-dahasi-1056098h",
      "leaning": "opposition",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T14:09:59.000Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yeniçağ",
      "title": "Özgür Özel Mansur Yavaş'ın adaylığını ilan etti",
      "url": "https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com/ozgur-ozel-mansur-yavasin-adayligini-ilan-etti-1073430h.htm",
      "leaning": "opposition",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T15:32:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Karar",
      "title": "Özel: Mansur Yavaş potansiyel cumhurbaşkanı adayımız",
      "url": "https://www.karar.com/guncel-haberler/ozel-mansur-yavas-potansiyel-cumhurbaskani-adayimiz-2073019",
      "leaning": "independent",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T16:44:30.000Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "BirGün",
      "title": "Özgür Özel, \"Mansur Yavaş Cumhurbaşkanı Adayı mı?\" sorusunu yanıtladı",
      "url": "https://www.birgun.net/haber/ozgur-ozel-mansur-yavas-cumhurbaskani-adayi-mi-sorusunu-yanitladi-735732",
      "leaning": "opposition",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T15:58:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ekonomi Manşet",
      "title": "Özgür Özel, \"Mansur Yavaş Cumhurbaşkanı Adayı mı?\" sorusunu yanıtladı",
      "url": "https://www.ekonomimanset.com/ozgur-ozel-mansur-yavas-cumhurbaskani-adayi-mi-sorusunu-yanitladi",
      "leaning": "independent",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T16:54:27.764Z"
    },
    {
      "name": "Independent Türkçe",
      "title": "Özel: İmamoğlu aday olmasın diye her şeyi yapacaklar, Yavaş önemli bir seçenek",
      "url": "https://www.indyturk.com/node/782708/siyaset/%C3%B6zel-i%CC%87mamo%C4%9Flu-aday-olmas%C4%B1n-diye-her-%C5%9Feyi-yapacaklar-yava%C5%9F-%C3%B6nemli-bir-se%C3%A7enek",
      "leaning": "foreign",
      "publishedAt": "2026-09-19T18:57:38.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "image": {
    "url": "https://gazete.tv/thumbs/da1faa6efe820c14.webp",
    "credit": "Ekonomim"
  },
  "editions": [
    {
      "lang": "tr",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-19-ozel-imamoglu-aday-olamazsa-mansur-yavas/"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-ozel-if-imamoglu-cannot-run-mansur/"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-19-ozel-if-imamoglu-cannot-run-mansur/"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "url": "https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-19-ozel-esli-imamoglu-smozhet-ballotirovatsya-vazhnym/"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "summary": "Summaries may be quoted with a link back to the story page.",
    "sources": "Linked articles belong to their publishers."
  }
}