20.09.2025 22:41
Gürsel Tekin, who was appointed as a trustee to the CHP Istanbul Provincial Presidency by court decision, made striking statements before the Extraordinary Congress of his party scheduled for tomorrow. Referring to the statement made by the party's General Chairman Özgür Özel regarding his expulsion, Tekin said, "The esteemed General Chairman went on television and said, 'I expelled him.' The revolution has turned. You cannot expel me."
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After the cancellation of the CHP Istanbul Provincial Congress held on October 8, 2023, by a court decision, Gürsel Tekin, who was appointed as the trustee of the Istanbul Provincial Presidency, made striking statements before the Extraordinary Congress of his party to be held tomorrow.
"WE HAD AGREED ON ÖZGÜR ÇELİK WELCOMING ME"
Speaking in a live broadcast, Tekin claimed that they had agreed on Özgür Çelik, who was removed from the position of CHP Istanbul Provincial Chairman, welcoming him, but later this decision was abandoned. Tekin stated, "Our dear provincial chairman Özgür Çelik was going to make a statement: 'Tomorrow is the anniversary of our party's founding. On Wednesday, we will welcome Gürsel brother at the door.' We agreed on this. It didn't happen. I don't want to get into that. We fought desperately for 7 days. Because we are the soldiers of a family. We will unite and solve any problems together." he said.
"WE ARE NOT A TRUSTEE, WE ARE A CALL COMMITTEE"
Tekin argued that the committee he leads is 'not a trustee, but a call committee.' Tekin used the following expressions: "While expecting appreciation, it turned into an extraordinary situation after the 3rd day. Accusations, lies, whatever you can think of were said. If one of the things you said is true, I will apologize. How did our naive behavior turn into an execution? The parties to the case are CHP administrators. The discussions have been ongoing for 1.5 years, especially in the last 8 months, party administrators did not intervene. At the end of the day, those who applied for cancellation provided a list of neutral names. If we hadn't accepted this, a trustee would have come. We are not a trustee, we are a call committee."
"ARE YOU SHOWING ME THE BULLYING YOU DIDN'T SHOW TO THESE PEOPLE?"
When asked about the 'corruption' investigations against municipalities in the CHP, Tekin said: "During Mr. Sözen's (Former İBB President Nurettin Sözen) term, there was a small İSKİ incident. Mr. Sözen filed a criminal complaint, but our neighbors executed it. Those who say 'I am a journalist' in our neighborhood executed Sözen. Again, one of our ministers had to resign because a wreath was paid for by the ministry at his father's funeral. Look at the Republican People's Party, they couldn't even tolerate gossip in the past. We are looking at what is reflected in the file, even if it is false, party administrators need to file a lawsuit. If they don't, what should I say? Are you showing me the bullying you didn't show to these people? Who is making you publish these false news?"
RESPONSE TO ÖZEL'S 'EXPULSION' STATEMENT: CHP SHOULD EXPEL NOT ME, BUT THE INFORMANTS
Regarding CHP Chairman Özgür Özel's statement about his expulsion, Tekin continued his words as follows: "I love the Chairman very much. We have worked together for a long time. The Chairman went on television and said 'I expelled him.' No one can expel me from my heart. My turn has come. You cannot expel me. I would expect from our Chairman that currently, 305 of our friends are detained. Among them are our provincial chairmen, party council members, and many party administrators. The reason for their detention is 73 informants. Then I turned around, and 24 of them are CHP members. Now have some decency. There is no case regarding these informants who have caused the detention of our friends. CHP should expel not me, but the informants."
"ONLY THE COURT CAN END IT"
In response to the question, "If a congress is held, doesn't your duty end?" Tekin replied, "No, it doesn't. There is a precaution. Only the court can end it."
IS HE MEETING WITH KILIÇDAROĞLU?
When asked whether he meets with former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Tekin replied, "I never discuss these matters. Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been subjected to a lot of psychological pressure. I am neither Muharrem İnce nor Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. No one can intimidate me. Kılıçdaroğlu can certainly be criticized politically."
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