{"id":6164,"date":"2010-05-13T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T12:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=6164"},"modified":"2010-05-13T15:47:50","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T12:47:50","slug":"deniz-baykal-leaves-home-first-time-since-sex-tape-scandal-86776164","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/deniz-baykal-leaves-home-first-time-since-sex-tape-scandal-86776164\/","title":{"rendered":"Deniz Baykal leaves home first time since sex tape scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\">Politic \u00a0News &#8211; The former leader of Turkey\u2019s main opposition party, Deniz Baykal has left his home for the first time since resigning from his post on Monday after a sex tape emerged of him allegedly having an affair with a fellow MP.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/chp-istanbul-mp-ali-topuz-speaks-of-the-deniz-baykal-sex-tape-43543445\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CHP Istanbul MP Ali Topuz speaks of the Deniz Baykal Sex Tape<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/turkey-main-opposition-leader-deniz-baykal-quits-after-alleged-sex-tape-36346453\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Turkey main opposition leader Deniz Baykal quits after alleged sex tape<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6172\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6172\" title=\"deniz baykal reporters\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/deniz-baykal-reporters.jpg\" alt=\"Deniz Baykal surrounded by reporters after leaving his home in Ankara to ask demonstrators to stop their hunger strike\" width=\"400\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/deniz-baykal-reporters.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/deniz-baykal-reporters-280x168.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deniz Baykal surrounded by reporters after leaving his home in Ankara to ask demonstrations to stop their hunger strike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Former leader of the Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP), the main opposition of the government, has come out of his home for the first time since Monday, after resigning from his 18-year post, with a swarm of reporters surrounding him.<\/h2>\n<p>The Turkish Paparazzi, News agents, cameramen and reporters were all literally camping outside the former leader\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>The scandal images of the former leader had first emerged on the 7th of May, and had stayed on the website of a news agency for 30 minutes before being removed.<\/p>\n<p>However this was enough time for the video to go viral on popular video sharing websites such as Youtube. CHP supporters and Baykal had blamed the government as the News agency which made the video public is known for their closeness with the government and religious groups.<\/p>\n<p>Baykal had also said that such an incident could not be planned and implemented &#8220;without the government knowning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Baykal emerged from his home to a swarm of reporters to send his support and also to ask  the group of Republican People\u2019s Party supporters who had gone on hunger strike on Tuesday to \u201cstop their demonstration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The group of mainly young adults belonging to the Republican People\u2019s Party, Youth Arm along with the Maltepe CHP mayor went on hunger strike on the 11th of May, a day after Baykal\u2019s resignation to support the former leader and get him to return as the leader of the Party.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6173\" style=\"width: 299px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6173\" title=\"Hunger strike deniz baykal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hunger-strike-deniz-baykal.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the Maltepe CHP youth arm on hunger strike near Baykal's home to call the former leader back to the Republican People's Party (CHP))\" width=\"299\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hunger-strike-deniz-baykal.jpg 299w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Hunger-strike-deniz-baykal-280x191.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Maltepe CHP youth arm and Mayor on hunger strike near Baykal&#39;s home to call the former leader back to the Republican People&#39;s Party (CHP).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The group travelled from Istanbul, along with Mayor, Mustafa Zengin, built a tent and took out placards which wrote \u201cthe cowards will be brought to justice\u201d outside the home of Baykal in Ankara<\/p>\n<p>Baykal said to the swarm of reporters \u201cThank you so much for your support, but please show your support in democratic ways by opening placards, this type of demonstrationis really upsetting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baykal continued \u201cPlease give an end to the hunger strike. You can put your thoughts across in a way which is respectful of the laws. Your show of support is very important and has a deep meaning for me, but do not support your demonstration\u00a0with hunger strike,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive an end to the hunger strike right away. We do not support this type of political understanding. There is no need for this. You can carry on your protest, supporting us in this way from the bottom of your hearts is very important for me and our party. But please stop the hunger strike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baykal then went to a funeral again, swarmed with reporters asking him questions which the former leader largely left un-answered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video of Deniz Baykal leaving his home and talking with the demonstrators coming soon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[media id=252 width=610 height=340]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave your comments and thoughts bellow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 9)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! 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