MHP removed the Mayor of Araban from its party list.

MHP removed the Mayor of Araban from its party list.

20.05.2026 19:00

{"text":"MHP Deputy Chairman Sadir Durmaz announced that Gaziantep's Araban District Mayor Mehmet Özdemir has been removed from the list of mayors due to his "attitudes and behaviors contrary to the party's principles and policies"."}

Deputy Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Sadir Durmaz announced that Gaziantep Araban Mayor Mehmet Özdemir has been removed from the party's mayoral list.

REASON REVEALED

Deputy Chairman Sadir Durmaz, who made the statement via his social media account, said: "Our Gaziantep/Araban District Mayor Mehmet Özdemir has been removed from our mayoral list due to his attitudes and behaviors contrary to our party principles and policies. I respectfully present this to the public's knowledge."

Durmaz's statement is as follows;

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