14.11.2026 21:51
At the Kastamonu Municipal Council meeting, the debate that began over the grant of 34 work machines planned to be brought to the municipality witnessed an interesting political invitation. AK Party Group Deputy Chairman Ahmet Namlı gave a striking response to Mayor Hasan Baltacı’s request for support from AK Party members to make an initiative before the Ministry. Calling on Baltacı directly to change parties, Namlı said, "You cannot ask for the blessings of power now. Come to us, we can do some things."
Kastamonu Mayor Hasan Baltacı of the New Party sought support for a grant of 34 pieces of construction equipment needed by the municipality, and AK Party Deputy Municipal Council Group Chair Ahmet Namlı, saying “You cannot ask for the blessings of the government now. Come to us, we’ll do some things,” invited Baltacı to the AK Party.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SUPPORT CAME UP AT THE COUNCIL MEETING
At the Kastamonu Municipal Council meeting, a notable dialogue took place between New Party Mayor Hasan Baltacı and AK Party Deputy Municipal Council Group Chair Ahmet Namlı regarding the grant of construction equipment to the municipality.
Baltacı, stating that they had jointly decided to apply to the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change for a grant of 34 pieces of construction equipment needed by the municipality, asked for support from AK Party council members.
Expressing that municipalities should receive services without political discrimination, Baltacı said:
“Friends, these municipalities were not inherited from our fathers. Nor will we leave them as an inheritance to our children. Therefore, this is the municipality of the homeland, and you too have duties. So I wish you to be more active in the new year.”
Asking the AK Party council members to meet with the MPs and the provincial chairmanship, Baltacı continued:
“In the new year, talk with your MPs and provincial chairmanship and make initiatives like, ‘Take action for the vehicles to be purchased for this homeland. Look, we have two and a half years. It won’t be too worn out,’ make such initiatives.”
AK PARTY INVITATION FROM NAMLI TO BALTACI
AK Party Deputy Municipal Council Group Chair Ahmet Namlı responded to Baltacı’s call with the words, “Mr. Mayor, don’t bother like this. Look, there’s a new trend. Everyone is coming to the AK Party.”
Inviting Baltacı to the AK Party, Namlı said, “I am making you an open offer. That is, our door is open.”
In the continuation of his speech, Namlı used the following statements:
“Come, that is the solution. Now look at it this way. When you were running for election here, you did not say, ‘I promise the blessings of the government.’ You did not say it. So you cannot ask for the blessings of the government now. There is a saying of ours, ‘Those who trust themselves go to the mushroom.’ Come to us, we’ll do some things. These things will be done again, they will be done. So there is no problem there.”
BALTACI: WE ARE ASKING FOR KASTAMONU’S RIGHTS
Responding to Namlı’s words, Mayor Hasan Baltacı said, “I congratulate Brother Ahmet. It’s like a summary of Turkey.”
Emphasizing that the municipality is demanding its right from a public institution, Baltacı used the following statements:
“Now, who is this ‘we’ you speak of? Who is this ‘you’ you speak of? One needs to look. As the Kastamonu Municipality, we are asking for our right from an institution of the Republic of Turkey, that is, from an institution entrusted to you. We are asking for Kastamonu’s right.”