Adnan Beker, who resigned from the İYİ Party, has joined the CHP.

04.03.2025 14:22

On May 28, I voted for Tayyip Bey. Was there another candidate?" With these words, Adnan Beker, a member of parliament from Ankara who resigned from the İYİ Party in November 2023, joined the CHP. CHP Chairman Özgür Özel personally pinned the badge on Beker during the TBMM Group Meeting. Claims about Beker's transition to the CHP had drawn reactions from many figures within the party.

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Adnan Beker, who resigned from the İYİ Party in November 2023 and made a big splash with his statement, "I voted for Tayyip Bey on May 28. Was there any other candidate?" has joined the CHP.

"WE WILL TOGETHER BRING CHP TO POWER"

At the CHP's parliamentary group meeting, Beker, to whom the party's chairman Özgür Özel personally pinned a badge, stated, "I am here because I believe we can change things together in unity and solidarity. God willing, we will bring our party to power together."

"HE HAD OPPOSED THE 'SIX PARTY TABLE'"

Beker announced that he voted for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan instead of his party's candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the presidential elections on May 28, 2023.

"THEY COULDN'T MANAGE OUR PURSAKLAR MUNICIPALITY"

Beker criticized the Six-Party Table during a live broadcast on tv100, saying: "I was there the night the election was lost. Everyone was there. All the deputy chairpersons, etc. It was like a funeral home, everyone was very sad. Meral Hanım was also very down. I was the only one who wasn't sad. I didn't vote for Kemal Bey. I didn't ask for a vote either. I didn't vote on May 14, I voted for Tayyip Bey on May 28. Who should I vote for? There was no other candidate. They couldn't manage our Pursaklar Municipality, what are you talking about! There was no other candidate but Tayyip Bey, who should we vote for?"

IT ALSO BROUGHT REACTIONS

Some CHP members reacted one after another to Beker's joining the CHP. CHP Istanbul Deputy Oğuz Kaan Salıcı wrote, "The joining of Mr. Beker, who supports Mr. Erdoğan and uses shallow expressions like 'They couldn't even manage Pursaklar Municipality' about the Six-Party Table, will create legitimate questions within our party organization and grassroots."

CHP Tekirdağ Deputy Faik Öztrak stated, "I hope the news that the independent deputy, who systematically attacks primarily the cadres and institutional identity of the Republican People's Party with his statements, will join our party is not true."

WHO IS ADNAN BEKER?

Born in 1964 in Yozgat, Adnan Beker completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara Solfasol and his high school education at Aydınlıkevler High School. Beker, who entered into trade at a young age, operated in the oil, construction, and energy sectors. He held positions such as Member of the High Advisory Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and Member of the Assembly of the Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO).

In 2009, Beker was a candidate for the Mayor of Pursaklar from the MHP, and in 2019, he was elected as a member of the Çankaya Municipal Council from the İYİ Party quota on the CHP list, serving as the Group Deputy Chairman in the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Council for four years. It is also believed that Beker owns a group of companies operating in the oil, construction, and energy sectors and has used his financial resources to pave the way for his political career.