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title: "Özel: Mansur Yavaş's candidacy is a very important option"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-19-ozel-if-imamoglu-cannot-run-mansur/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-19
updated: 2026-09-19T19:05:46.629Z
category: politics
sources: 8
agreement: single-source
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# Özel: Mansur Yavaş's candidacy is a very important option

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.

## Who is in this story

- [Özgür Özel](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ozgur-ozel/) — People
- [Ekrem İmamoğlu](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/ekrem-imamoglu/) — People
- [Mansur Yavaş](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/mansur-yavas/) — People
- [Yeni Parti](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/yeni-parti/) — Parties
- [CHP](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/chp/) — Parties
- [T24](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/t24/) — Media

## News sources

- [Özel: Muhalefet olmayı kabul etseydim, önceki görevimdeydim](https://www.ekonomim.com/gundem/ozel-muhalefet-olmayi-kabul-etseydim-onceki-gorevimdeydim-haberi-919367) — Ekonomim (independent) — 2026-09-19
- [Özgür Özel'den flaş çıkış: İmamoğlu aday olamazsa dedi, Mansur Yavaş seçeneğini açıkladı](https://halktv.com.tr/siyaset/ozgur-ozelden-flas-cikis-imamoglu-aday-olamazsa-dedi-mansur-yavas-secenegini-acikladi-1056111h) — Halk TV (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [Özgür Özel Norveç'ten gelen paha biçilemez defteri imzaladı! Ecevit, İnönü ve Çetin ve dahası...](https://halktv.com.tr/siyaset/ozgur-ozel-norvecten-gelen-paha-bicilemez-defteri-imzaladi-ecevit-inonu-ve-cetin-ve-dahasi-1056098h) — Halk TV (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [Özgür Özel Mansur Yavaş'ın adaylığını ilan etti](https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com/ozgur-ozel-mansur-yavasin-adayligini-ilan-etti-1073430h.htm) — Yeniçağ (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [Özel: Mansur Yavaş potansiyel cumhurbaşkanı adayımız](https://www.karar.com/guncel-haberler/ozel-mansur-yavas-potansiyel-cumhurbaskani-adayimiz-2073019) — Karar (independent) — 2026-09-19
- [Özgür Özel, "Mansur Yavaş Cumhurbaşkanı Adayı mı?" sorusunu yanıtladı](https://www.birgun.net/haber/ozgur-ozel-mansur-yavas-cumhurbaskani-adayi-mi-sorusunu-yanitladi-735732) — BirGün (opposition) — 2026-09-19
- [Özgür Özel, "Mansur Yavaş Cumhurbaşkanı Adayı mı?" sorusunu yanıtladı](https://www.ekonomimanset.com/ozgur-ozel-mansur-yavas-cumhurbaskani-adayi-mi-sorusunu-yanitladi) — Ekonomi Manşet (independent) — 2026-09-19
- [Özel: İmamoğlu aday olmasın diye her şeyi yapacaklar, Yavaş önemli bir seçenek](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) — Independent Türkçe (foreign) — 2026-09-19

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-19-ozel-imamoglu-aday-olamazsa-mansur-yavas/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-19-ozel-if-imamoglu-cannot-run-mansur/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-19-ozel-esli-imamoglu-smozhet-ballotirovatsya-vazhnym/

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