19.10.2026 11:50
While claims that Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Aras, who remained independent after resigning from the CHP, will switch to the AK Party were being discussed, his sitting side by side with AK Party Muğla MP Kadem Mete at an event in Bodrum and sharing that frame on his social media account stirred up political backstage talk.
As claims that Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Aras, who decided to leave CHP membership and continue his duty as an independent, will join the AK Party remain high on the agenda, a striking photograph that will stir up the corridors of Ankara and Muğla was shared. Aras was seen side by side with AK Party Muğla Deputy Kadem Mete at an event he attended last night.
HE REMAINED INDEPENDENT, “TRANSFER” CLAIMS FLARED UP
Muğla Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ahmet Aras announced a few days ago that he had resigned from his membership in the Republican People's Party (CHP) and decided to continue his mayoral duty as an independent. After the resignation, claims that Aras could join the AK Party, like İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Cemil Tugay, fell like a bombshell on political corridors.
THE PHOTO THAT STRENGTHENED THE CLAIMS
Last night, however, a development occurred that would further inflame these statements. A “Van Residents' Night” event was held in Muğla's Bodrum district. It did not escape attention that Aras sat side by side with AK Party Muğla Deputy Kadem Mete at this program and gave a friendly impression. Ahmet Aras personally shared photos from the event on his own social media account as well.
MANY NAMES FROM THE POLITICAL WORLD WERE THERE
Many names from the political and protocol world attended the program, which had broad participation. The event included Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and DEM Party Van Deputy Pervin Buldan, AK Party Van Deputies Kayhan Türkmenoğlu and Burhan Kayatürk, AK Party Istanbul Deputy and MKYK Member Seyithan İzsiz, Bodrum Mayor Tamer Mandalinci, Republican People's Party Muğla Provincial Chairman Halil Karahan, Van Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism Abdurrahman Şahin, as well as many protocol members and Van residents living in Bodrum.