04.04.2025 18:00
The Mayor of Muratpaşa, Antalya, Ümit Uysal, announced that he will run for the position of chairman at the extraordinary congress of the CHP. Uysal will compete against the current CHP Chairman Özgür Özel for the leadership.
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Muratpaşa Mayor Ümit Uysal announced his candidacy for the chairmanship of the CHP during the Extraordinary Congress through a post on his social media account.
The Republican People's Party (CHP) Extraordinary Congress will convene on Sunday. A significant development has occurred regarding the congress, where the current Chairman Özgür Özel announced his candidacy on the first day.
A RIVAL FOR ÖZGÜR ÖZEL While the claims that former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu would run for chairmanship were denied by Kılıçdaroğlu, a surprise rival emerged for Özel.
Antalya Muratpaşa Mayor Ümit Uysal announced his candidacy for the chairmanship at the congress through a post on his social media account.
Muratpaşa Mayor Ümit Uysal "WE NEED TO WIN TOGETHER" In his statement on social media, Uysal said, "As our country faces a severe economic, social, and political crisis, the Republican People's Party is heading towards an extraordinary congress due to the extraordinary processes we are experiencing. Considering the attacks on our party in light of the extraordinary developments and the severe economic, political, and social crisis our country is in, we need to manage this process with common sense, overcome it together, and win together."
He added, "It is essential to implement democratic processes that will wholeheartedly unite our party, which is the party of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who insisted on maintaining democratic customs and processes even during the most challenging times of the national struggle."
"I ANNOUNCE MY CANDIDACY FOR THE CHP CHAIRMANSHIP" In the continuation of his statement, Uysal expressed the following:
"To contribute to democracy, to send a strong message of democracy and unity to society from our extraordinary congress under extraordinary conditions, to mobilize the entire potential of Anatolia, to free our presidential candidate Mr. Ekrem İmamoğlu from captivity, to manage these extraordinary processes of our Republican People's Party without compromising democratic customs, and to undertake the task of rebuilding our Turkey based on our founding values, I announce my candidacy for the Chairmanship of the Republican People's Party with the courage to offer my 33 years of political experience and knowledge to the service of my party and my country, regardless of the challenging aspects of the conditions I am in."
WHAT HAD HAPPENED? After Ekrem İmamoğlu was taken into custody, CHP Chairman Özgür Özel announced that a trustee would be appointed to the CHP and that he would take his party to an Extraordinary Congress on April 6. Özel also announced that he would run for candidacy at the congress.
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