Call from the Deputy Chairman of the Welfare Party, Altınöz, to the mayors who switched to the AK Party: Come and repent.

After some mayors from the Welfare Party (YRP) switched to the AK Party, Mehmet Altınöz, Deputy Chairman of the Welfare Party, made noteworthy statements exclusively to Haberler.com.

Three mayors elected from other parties in the local elections on March 31 in Erzurum joined the AK Party. Hayrettin Özdemir, who was elected as the mayor of Horasan from the Good Party, Emrullah Akpunar, who was elected as the mayor of Aziziye from the Welfare Party, and Nevzat Karasu, who was elected as the mayor of Köprüköy from the Welfare Party, resigned from their parties and joined the AK Party.

Mehmet Altınöz, Deputy Chairman of the Welfare Party, was the guest of News Director Olgun Kızıltepe. Altınöz spoke about the mayors who joined the AK Party.

"YOU SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED IN POLITICS HERE"

Altınöz said, "As mayors elected by the people, as mayors elected from the Welfare Party, you should have continued in politics here. Because the people voted for you because they believed that you would do ethical municipal work. They voted for you because they believed that you would not waste. They voted for you because they believed that you would not engage in theft or corruption. Otherwise, there were many other mayoral candidates, they would have voted for them.".

"TOUGH TIMES AWAIT YOU"

Altınöz, a member of the Welfare Party, said, "What happened now? You went to the ruling party... If the people were satisfied with the ruling party, they would have voted for the ruling party's mayor. Think about this when you lay your head on the pillow at night. Tough times await you. I feel sorry for you. Because you are honest people, decent people. Instead of opening a clean page with us and making great contributions to your life, you became the mayor of the ruling party. Let's see what will happen tomorrow... I want to talk to our mayors again in a month or two. Who will benefit from this transaction?".

"OUR DOORS ARE OPEN, COME OUT, REPENT"

Altınöz, who also keeps the door open for mayors who joined the AK Party, said, "I think that our mayors will realize how wrong their actions are within a month or two, but our doors are open. Come out, repent. Come to the Welfare Party and say, 'We made a mistake, we returned to our roots,' and continue to work with us."

WHAT HAPPENED?

On the 23rd anniversary of the AK Party, 13 mayors and 2 members of parliament joined the party. The President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned the badges on the mayors and members of parliament who joined the party.

Here are the mayors who joined the AK Party:

• Mahmut Dal, Mayor of Saimbeyli (Independent)
• Cömert Özen, Mayor of Feke in Adana (Welfare Party)
• Ali Açmaz, Mayor of Arıcak Bükardı in Elazığ (Independent)
• Emrullah Akpunar, Mayor of Aziziye in Erzurum (Welfare Party)
• Hayrettin Özdemir, Mayor of Horosan in Erzurum (Good Party)
• Nevzat Karasu, Mayor of Köprüköy in Erzurum (Welfare Party)
• Ali Öztoklu, Mayor of Doğanhisar in Konya (Independent)
• Fehim Kaya, Mayor of Yoncalı Belde in Bulanık, Muş (Welfare Party)
• Ömer Faruk Yenilmez, Mayor of Yeşilova Belde in Muş (Welfare Party)
• Mesut Karayiğit, Mayor of Çaybaşı in Ordu (Welfare Party)
• Refahattin Şencan, Mayor of Ayvacık in Samsun (Welfare Party)
• Mehmet Begit, Mayor of Birecik in Şanlıurfa (Independent)
• Zafer Arpacı, Mayor of Banaz in Uşak (Independent)

The members of parliament who joined the AK Party are as follows:

• Seyithan İzsiz, Member of Parliament from Istanbul (resigned from the Good Party)
• Ersagun Yücel, Member of Parliament from Istanbul (resigned from the Good Party)