Özgür Özel said of retired police officer Ali Şekeroğlu, who ended his life in Ankara, that "such injustice is not deserved by retirees." He said YENİ Party's membership had reached 723,000.
Speaking at a primary election event in Gaziemir, Özel commemorated Şekeroğlu and said "Türkiye is on the verge of a major social explosion." The Kamu-İş Confederation said of Şekeroğlu that he "was not the first, but he must be the last."