18.10.2026 16:50
Sancaktepe Mayor Alper Yeğin, who was expelled from the CHP on September 30, put an end to the claims that he would join the AK Party. Yeğin, who responded on social media to the claims that began being discussed in political corridors after he appeared in the same frame with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, denied the news about him. Saying, “I am where I promised on the night of March 31,” Yeğin stated that he would continue his struggle at the point where he started and reacted to the rumors that he would change parties.
Sancaktepe Mayor Alper Yeğin, who came to the agenda with claims that he would switch to the AK Party, responded to the rumors with a statement on his social media account. Yeğin stated that the reports that he would change parties did not reflect the truth, saying, “On the night of March 31, I am where I promised to be.”
While the claims that Istanbul Sancaktepe Mayor Alper Yeğin would switch to the AK Party remain on the agenda, a statement came from Yeğin on the matter. Stating that the news circulating on social media platforms did not reflect the truth, Yeğin emphasized that he would continue his struggle where he started.
“NONE OF THE NEWS SHARED IS TRUE”
Alper Yeğin, who was elected Sancaktepe Mayor from the CHP in the March 31, 2024 local elections, stated in his statement that the people of Sancaktepe had witnessed the process.
Yeğin used the following statements in his post:
“On the night of March 31, I am where I promised to be. The people of Sancaktepe are witnesses to every process. The struggle of years continues resolutely with the power of the people. None of the news shared and discussed on social media platforms is true.
I have been paying the price for disrupting an established order for 2.5 years. I will continue my struggle from where I started and where I stand, together with the extensions of this order.”
THE CLAIMS EMERGED WHEN HE APPEARED IN THE SAME FRAME AS ERDOĞAN
The claims that Alper Yeğin would switch to the AK Party were brought to the agenda after the funeral he attended on October 16.
Yeğin attended the funeral ceremony of Üsküdar Deputy Mayor Dündar Ziya Gültekin held at the Büyük Çamlıca Mosque. The image of Yeğin, who appeared in the same photo frame as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the ceremony, was shared by AK Party Istanbul Provincial Chairman Abdullah Özdemir on his social media account.
After the photo was shared, claims emerged that Yeğin would switch to the AK Party. The Sancaktepe Mayor denied the reports in question with his statement.
HE HAD BEEN EXPELLED FROM THE CHP
Alper Yeğin, who won the election as the CHP candidate in the March 31, 2024 local elections, was expelled from the CHP on September 30, 2026. After the expulsion decision, various claims about Yeğin's political future came to the agenda, and rumors that he would join the AK Party also began to be discussed.
With Yeğin's latest statement, his stance regarding the claims that he would change parties became clear, while the ground on which the mayor will continue his political struggle will also be closely followed in the coming period.