01.12.2025 00:00
At the 39th Ordinary Congress of the CHP, the members of the Party Council and the High Disciplinary Board were announced. CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, whose key list was approved without any losses, stated in his announcement, "Turkey should be ready for a CHP that presents the most comprehensive solutions on every issue, from foreign policy to security concerns, and expresses the goal of coming to power."
The third day of the 39th Ordinary Congress of the Republican People's Party continued with the elections of the Party Council and the High Disciplinary Board.
After the completion of the candidacy applications, the candidate lists were announced and sent to the printing house. 145 people applied for the PM, and 31 for the YDK.
31 NEW NAMES ADDED TO THE MANAGEMENT LEVEL
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel will determine 15 names for the 10-member BKSP as required by the statute and present this to the approval of the delegates. For the Party Council, he will prepare a key list of 70 people. According to the information received; while 49 names, including the current 23-member MYK, were preserved in the key list, 31 new names were added to the party's management level.
ECONOMIC TEAMS STRENGTHENED
Economists such as Selin Sayek Böke and Yalçın Karatepe, who are part of Özgür Özel's current MYK, were strengthened with new economic teams. Accordingly, tax expert Ozan Bingöl, economist Güldem Atabay, former TÜRMOB President Emre Kartaloğlu, former Future Party member Kerim Rota, Presidential Candidate Office Executive Board member Serkan Özcan, Koç Holding's Corporate Communications Director, and economist Oya Ünlü Kızıl, who previously worked at the World Bank, will be included in Özel's key list.
CIHANER AND BOYUNSUZ ON THE LIST
In Özel's key list, constitutional law expert Prof. Dr. Şule Özsoy Boyunsuz, Istanbul MP Zeynel Emre, and former Istanbul MP İlhan Cihaner, who was detained by FETÖ members while serving as the Chief Public Prosecutor of Erzincan, were assigned to the party's legal team. Özel's key list also includes Murat Arslan, former president of the Turkish Veterinary Medical Association, and dentist Nihat Dağ.
Former Lisbon and Nicosia Ambassador Ömer Kaya Türkmen, political scientist Prof. Dr. Barış Övgün, former CHP Secretaries Bihlun Tamaylıgil and Cansel Çiftçi, newly joined members such as İzmir MP Salih Uzun and Istanbul MP Evrim Rızvanoğlu, as well as artist Arif Sağ's son, artist Tolga Sağ, will also be included in Özel's key list.
ÖZEL'S KEY LIST RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL
In the elections of the High Disciplinary Board at the CHP's 39th Ordinary Congress, Aliye Timisi Ersever received the highest vote with 972. CHP Chairman Özgür Özel's key list received unanimous approval from the delegates.
In the elections held for the Party Council, the highest vote was received by former Tunceli MP Polat Şaroğlu with 1022 votes, while tax expert Ozan Bingöl received 1007, Istanbul MP Ali Gökçek 1006, Ankara MP Gamze Taşcıer 1002, Zonguldak MP Deniz Yavuzyılmaz 1002, and Yankı Bağcıoğlu 1000 votes to enter the Party Council.
STATEMENT FROM ÖZGÜR ÖZEL
On the last day of the CHP's 39th Ordinary Congress, where the elections for the 80-member Party Council (PM) and the 15-member High Disciplinary Board (YDK) were held, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel made statements after casting his vote.
Stating that they changed the party statute on the first day to increase the number of PM members from 60 to 80, Özel said, "Yesterday there was a presidential election. As we promised earlier, we established a process in which the current chairman, who we put in our statute, will not collect signatures, thus making it open to everyone who wants to be a candidate, all 1,370 delegates. Our friends said they did not put their candidacy for the chairmanship. Yesterday, we achieved success with the highest vote in the history of the party, receiving all valid votes with 1,333 votes," he said.
"TURKEY SHOULD BE READY FOR A CHP THAT EXPRESSES THE GOAL OF POWER"
Özel continued his speech as follows: "We are starting our march to power with a very strong team from tomorrow. This strong unity in the party will be good for our party, our members, and everyone who hopes for a change of power in Turkey. We will walk the path to power. We will keep our demand for early elections alive. CHP will solve the known problems by going door to door, street by street, neighborhood by neighborhood. As I said yesterday, Turkey should be ready for a CHP that expresses the goal of power, which goes out to the streets, fills the squares, knocks on doors, enters homes, states the problems and their solutions, organizes factories, organizes workers, and explains how to solve the issues related to agriculture and livestock, and presents the most comprehensive solutions on every issue from Turkey's foreign policy to security concerns."
Source: ANKA-AA