14.11.2026 18:41
CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, at a program in Kocaeli where he met with women workers, offered a self-criticism of the politics that had been carried out over the headscarf in the past and said that this was their biggest mistake. Kılıçdaroğlu also mentioned his promises regarding the fight against drugs, Family Support Insurance, and social security for housewives, emphasizing that he would not keep anyone who takes bribes in the party.
CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said regarding the politics previously conducted over the headscarf, "Making politics over the headscarf was our biggest mistake."
CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu attended the "Meeting with Women Workers and the Organization" program held at his party's provincial headquarters as part of his Kocaeli program. Addressing women workers and party members, Kılıçdaroğlu offered self-criticism regarding the politics previously conducted over the headscarf and said he would not allow bribery and corruption within the party. In his speech, Kılıçdaroğlu also made assessments on poverty, the fight against drugs, and social security.
SELF-CRITICISM FOR HEADSCARF POLITICS
Offering self-criticism regarding the politics previously conducted over the headscarf, Kılıçdaroğlu said, "Making politics over the headscarf was our biggest mistake. This was the first thing I did when I came. What business do you have with a woman's headscarf? Is there peace in the woman's home or not? Is there a livelihood in that home or not? Are the woman, her children, her sons and daughters, her husband fed or not? This is the subject of politics. Anyway, we have moved beyond that. Now we have come to the second item. We will end this poverty, we will end this misery. We have to end it. Everyone in this country must live in peace, everyone. If we can do that, then there will be peace in the country, there will be peace in the country."
THEY ARE MAKING POOR FAMILIES' CHILDREN DRUG PUSHERS
Also touching on the fight against drugs, Kılıçdaroğlu said, "One of Turkey's biggest scourges is the scourge of drugs. They find poor families' children and make them drug pushers. This is a great disaster. We must also go after this disaster. Protecting children is all of our common duty. A person's child must also be our child. If a child is crying, we must see it as our child crying too. In other words, we must realize a culture of solidarity. Together, all of Turkey's problems can be overcome in solidarity."
INSURANCE PROMISE FOR HOUSEWIVES TOO
Stating that Family Support Insurance must be implemented, Kılıçdaroğlu said, "Let there be Family Support Insurance. Let every family have a guarantee. Let no one remain hungry or destitute. We want to implement this and we want to do this. If this happens, then there will no longer be a family going around saying, 'Sir, coal aid for me, such-and-such aid for me.' The state will rush to its aid. The state will look after it, will say you have this shortfall, your child has this shortfall, and will make up for it. Just as there is unemployment insurance, just as there is retirement insurance, there must also be Family Support Insurance," he said.
Emphasizing that housewives must be brought under social security, Kılıçdaroğlu said, "There are workers' insurances. Civil servants also have insurance. Tradespeople also have insurance. The only ones without insurance are housewives. Why don't they have insurance? What is the sin of housewives? Housewives will also have insurance. They too will have a guarantee. They will not go and hold out their hands to anyone. They will sit in their homes with dignity. If their income is insufficient, the state will take the money and deposit it in her bank account. It will take the money and deposit it in the woman's bank account. So that you can support your family and children. No one will publicize her poverty. Poverty is not something to be publicized," he said.
THOSE WHO TAKE BRIBES WILL NOT BE KEPT IN THE PARTY
Stating that he would not allow bribery and corruption within the party, Kılıçdaroğlu continued his words as follows:
"I will be your spokesperson. Not only me, our women's branches will also be your spokesperson. Our youth branches will also be your spokesperson. Members of Parliament will also be your spokesperson. I will not keep a dirty man in the party. A dirty man. I will not keep a man who takes bribes in the party. I will not keep a thief in the party. Whoever is moral, clean, and on the side of justice has a place above my head. Whoever it is. There will be decent people. Politics means serving the people. Politics is not about getting rich. Politics is not about making a killing. You will serve the people. That is its job anyway. Its job is that. Let me convey this to you too. Do not worry at all. Do not worry at all about the future. All the things I have said will happen. All of them will happen. Whether you want it or not, by God's permission, I will do all of these."