12.05.2026 18:20
Afyonkarahisar Mayor Burcu Köksal and Dinar Mayor Veysel Topçu joined the AK Party; President Erdoğan personally pinned the badges on the mayors, while a total of 8 council members from the two municipalities also switched to the party.
Afyonkarahisar Mayor Burcu Köksal, who left the CHP, joined the AK Party at the "Extended Provincial Leaders Meeting."
ERDOĞAN PINNED THE BADGES
President and AK Party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "I welcome the Mayors of Afyonkarahisar and Dinar, who will carry out their struggle to serve Turkey under the roof of the AK Party from today onwards." After Erdoğan's speech, Afyonkarahisar Mayor Burcu Köksal and Dinar Mayor Veysel Topçu were pinned with AK Party badges. Additionally, a total of 8 municipal council members from Afyonkarahisar and Dinar also joined the AK Party.
Here are the mayors and council members who switched to the AK Party in Afyonkarahisar, name by name:
- Afyonkarahisar Mayor Burcu Köksal
- Dinar Mayor Veysel Topçu
- Afyonkarahisar Municipal Council Member Derya Palalı
- Afyonkarahisar Municipal Council Member Şevket Öner
- Afyonkarahisar Municipal Council Member Yasin Bayram Yıldırım
- Afyonkarahisar Municipal Council Member Ömer Elçi
- Afyonkarahisar Municipal Council Member Bekir Lafçı
- Dinar Municipal Council Member Ahmet Uğur
- Dinar Municipal Council Member Ali Tetik
- Dinar Municipal Council Member Engin Gülbeyaz
CHP LOSES MAJORITY IN COUNCIL
Meanwhile, with these transfers, the CHP lost its majority in the Afyonkarahisar Municipal Council.