12.01.2026 15:41
Hasan Ufuk Çakır, a Mersin MP who resigned from the CHP and joined the AK Party, gave a "heel salute" to Erdoğan's photo in his hometown after the group meeting, where he received his badge from President Erdoğan.
The Mersin Deputy Hasan Ufuk Çakır, who resigned from the CHP, joined the AK Party with the badge that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wore at the group meeting. Çakır's words about Erdoğan and the salute he gave at the AK Party Group Meeting were widely discussed.
THIS TIME HE SALUTED ERDOĞAN'S PHOTO
Çakır, who unexpectedly joined the AK Party, saluted Erdoğan's picture this time. Speaking at the AK Party Provincial Advisory Council Meeting held in his hometown Mersin, Çakır said, "You will see in the first election in Mersin, the AK Party will be the clear winner." Once again praising Erdoğan without limits, Çakır gave a military salute while looking at Erdoğan's photo in the hall.
WHAT DID ÇAKIR SAY AT THE GROUP MEETING?
After receiving his badge at the AK Party Group Meeting, Hasan Ufuk Çakır stated, "There are two great commanders, one is Atatürk and the other is Erdoğan," thus saluting Erdoğan.
ARINÇ REACTED
Former Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Bülent Arınç, reacted to Mersin Deputy Hasan Ufuk Çakır's military salute to President Erdoğan. Criticizing Çakır indirectly without naming him, Arınç said, "Unfortunately, such actions are sometimes repeated by others as well, and these lower the level of politics. It also destroys the reputation of politicians in the eyes of the public."