Gürsel Tekin said, "Those who are shouting are not CHP members," and the party responded immediately.

08.09.2025 15:03

Gursel Tekin, the trustee who made a press statement in front of the CHP Istanbul Provincial Presidency, used the expression "None of them are CHP members" for the protesters who interrupted his speech with slogans. While Tekin's statement received a prompt response from the CHP, Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır said, "Yes, none of them are like him; they are all honorable and dignified members of the Republican People's Party. It seems that there is no fear in life like the fear of those who betray the people."

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Gürsel Tekin, who was appointed as the trustee of the CHP Istanbul Provincial Presidency, came to the party headquarters today and made a press statement.

Tekin said, "Don't panic, your questions will be answered. We are extremely comfortable. We are not part of this problem at all. We are not trustees or anything. How strange it is that despite not having spoken for six days, we should go hand in hand to our ancestral home. They cannot stop us. CHP members will not react to me. None of our friends can object to our neutrality. What we have done is a guarantee of what we will do. We have not divided any of our friends within the party. I wanted to see this power of our friends in Esenyurt and Şişli.

"MY FRIENDS AND I, OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN THREATENED"

The Provincial Presidency is our ancestral home. We could have entered 6-7 days ago. We are in contact with our friends. My duty here is not to fall into provocation; we will have very important efforts for the institutional identity of our ancestral home. My friends and I, our families have been threatened. We know all of this. Someone may want to divide the CHP. Tomorrow, whenever our provincial chairman Özgür Çelik wants, we can sit down. Some parts of our press spread words as if they were not ours. From the very first day, I said to my party leader Özgür Özel, I want to come to visit you. Sold or not sold... We have no monetary value. Our lives have been spent fighting against tender gangs."

TEKİN: NONE OF THESE SHOUTING ARE CHP MEMBERS

During Gürsel Tekin's speech, slogans of "Traitor" rose from the crowd. At that moment, Tekin turned to the crowd and said, "None of these shouting are CHP members."

CHP RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY

While Tekin's words resonated widely in the public, the CHP's response was swift. CHP Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır shared a video from his X account, saying, "Today I learned one more thing. In life, no fear is like the fear of someone who sells the people. If you sell the people, you walk around with umbrellas and bodyguards, and you cannot enter your ancestral home with your head held high. He says no one here is a CHP member. Not everyone here is like him; they are honorable CHP members. This is a shameful picture. I did not understand what he meant. Did this delegate elect him? He should stop this, it's a pity," he said.