22.07.2026 19:50
CHP Spokesperson Müslim Sarı, who announced that four more provincial leaders were dismissed, held nothing back against Özgür Özel, who declared he would leave the party. Sarı stated, "We still call on our friends to abandon this mistake, setting aside internal party conflicts and struggles within the CHP. Despite all this, if they persist, we want to clearly declare that they are AKP collaborators, that they are seeking positions, and that they are divisive."
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CHP Spokesperson Müslim Sarı stated that the provincial chairs of Kütahya, Uşak, Karaman, and Çankırı have been dismissed; appointments have been made for the provincial chairs of Eskişehir, Karaman, Sivas, Kırşehir, and Uşak.
CHP Spokesperson Müslim Sarı made a press statement following the Central Executive Board (MYK) meeting chaired by General Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Regarding the announcement that Özgür Özel's team will establish a new party, Sarı said, 'We had previously stated that this has always been the case, that the absolute invalidity debates within the Republican People's Party were actually used by our friends to consolidate their own base and structure in order to evolve towards another political party. Therefore, this has become reality. At the point we have reached today, we see that another political party will emerge from within the Republican People's Party. Official steps regarding this have not been taken yet, as far as I know. However, there are statements about this issue, there are intentions, there are declarations of intent. This issue was one of the topics our MYK evaluated comprehensively.'
\"THEY HAVE PREFERRED TO FLEE\"
Sarı, emphasizing that the party should not split, said, 'One cannot be within a political party, benefit from its opportunities, speak from its podium, under its emblem, utilize its district and provincial organizations, and announce another political party in its group hall and group room. It is very clear that this is not a moral thing to do. Therefore, no such political party has been established in this way, neither in the world nor in Turkey. It is very clear and evident that this creates a serious ethical issue and a serious moral problem. Secondly, we had previously warned these friends not to split the party. Instead of fighting together to eliminate the aftershocks or the negative impacts of the invalidity process they caused with their actions, disinterest, and poor management of the process, despite all our calls and our plea to "Come, let us solve this process together with unity," they have preferred to flee and adopt such an attitude and stance.'
\"THEY ARE ACTING TO DIVIDE THE CHP\"
Sarı stated, 'We still call on all these friends to turn back from this mistake, setting aside our political differences within the Republican People's Party, setting aside internal party conflicts and struggles. If they insist on this despite all this, we want to declare clearly that they are AKP collaborators, that they are looking for seats for themselves, that they are divisive, and that they are engaging in actions and activities to divide Atatürk's Republican People's Party. We will stand against this process until the end.'
'WE WILL HOLD A PROVINCIAL CHAIRS MEETING'
Sarı stated that they also made some decisions in the MYK, saying, 'Four of our provincial chairs have been dismissed along with their central districts, and the organizations have been dissolved. These are our provinces of Kütahya, Uşak, Karaman, and Çankırı. Additionally, we have appointed provincial chairs in five of our provinces. These provinces are Eskişehir, Karaman, Sivas, Kırşehir, and Uşak. Next week or the week after, the Republican People's Party provincial chairs meeting will be held. Together with the provincial chairs we have appointed and those we have not appointed but who wish to continue the political struggle within the corporate identity of the Republican People's Party, we will hold a provincial chairs meeting in the coming days and prepare the Republican People's Party organization for congresses in the upcoming period.'
\"THERE IS NO RESIGNATION SPREE\"
When asked about the figures regarding membership resignations on social media following Özgür Özel's statements, Sarı said, 'I want to state that the uproar on social media about member resignations is in no way accurate. Resignations have not even reached one-tenth of the Republican People's Party members. Therefore, 9 out of every 10 members are continuing political struggle within the political identity of the Republican People's Party. There is no such resignation spree as mentioned on social media.'
\"OUR MAYORS PREFER TO STAY\"
Stating that they are in communication with mayors, Sarı said, 'Our mayors, from our metropolitan mayors to our district mayors and even our town mayors, prefer to stay within the Republican People's Party. This is a very high proportion. The number of our mayors who say, "We will make our journey in a party that Manisa Deputy Özgür Özel will establish, we will go that way" is very small. We will see this clearly in the coming days.'
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