15.11.2026 19:40
At the 1st Ordinary Congress of the YENİ Party, the 160-member Party Council and 15-member High Disciplinary Board lists prepared by Chairman Özgür Özel were approved by the delegates. Of the 90 MPs on the Founders' Council, 75 were included in the PM list. In the list featuring names such as Cemal Enginyurt, Abdul Ahat Andican, İlhan Cihaner, Ümit Özlale, and Şengül Hablemitoğlu, some MPs who hold important positions in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey were not included.
The second day of the 1st Ordinary Congress of the YENİ Party, held at Ankara Sports Hall, has been completed. The lists prepared by Chairman Özgür Özel for the Party Council (PM) and the High Disciplinary Board (YDK) were submitted to the delegates' vote.
At the congress with 1,202 registered delegates, 1,116 delegates voted, and 1,098 votes were deemed valid. In the elections held using the bloc list method, Özel's PM and YDK lists were approved.
160-MEMBER PARTY COUNCIL FORMED Özel's list included 160 principal and 30 substitute PM members. The High Disciplinary Board consisted of 15 principal and 8 substitute members.
The YENİ Party's management team includes politicians as well as figures working in the fields of economy, law, academia, foreign policy, agriculture, health, and technology.
75 OF 90 DEPUTIES ON THE PM LIST 75 of the 90 deputies on the Founding Board entered the Party Council list. However, some deputies serving in the Parliamentary Group Administration and the administrative ranks of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) were not included on the PM list.
Among those not on the PM list were Deputy Speaker of Parliament Tekin Bingöl, Group Deputy Chairpersons Murat Emir, Gökhan Günaydın and Ali Mahir Başarır, as well as Parliament Administrative Chief Harun Özgür Yıldızlı and TBMM Clerk Member Aliye Coşar.
The other deputies not on the list were listed as follows:
Veli Ağbaba
Asu Kaya
Bülent Tezcan
Mustafa Erdem
Tahsin Ocaklı
Cavit Arı
Ahmet Vehbi Bakırlıoğlu
It was stated that Women's Branches Chair Asu Kaya was also not on the PM list. However, it was noted that some of the deputies not on the list could take roles in the parliamentary group administration.
Asu Kaya-Ali Mahir Başarır CEMAL ENGİNYURT AND ABDUL AHAT ANDİCAN DREW ATTENTION The coming together of figures with different political backgrounds on the list stood out.
Cemal Enginyurt, with a past in the MHP and the Democrat Party, former İYİ Party politician and former state minister Abdul Ahat Andican, and former İYİ Party deputy Ümit Özlale were on the PM list.
Ahat Andican Former public prosecutor and former CHP deputy İlhan Cihaner was also among the names on the list. Cihaner is known for his past criticism of the CHP leadership and his stance in debates on intra-party democracy.
İlhan Cihaner ACADEMICS AND EXPERTS ALSO ON THE LIST Figures from academia and specialist fields also drew attention in the Party Council.
Boğaziçi University computer scientist Prof. Dr. Cem Say, Dr. Bülent Şık, known for his work on food safety and public health, Şengül Hablemitoğlu, the academic wife of the assassinated Necip Hablemitoğlu, and economist Ozan Bingöl were on the list.
Şengül Hablemitoğlu In the field of economy, figures such as Selin Sayek Böke, Yalçın Karatepe, Kerim Rota, Güldem Atabay, and Öner Günçavdı also entered the PM.
Sencer Solakoğlu, known for his work in the agriculture and livestock sector, was also one of the names on the list.
TÜRKAN ELÇİ ALSO ON THE PARTY COUNCIL Türkan Elçi, wife of Tahir Elçi, the President of the Diyarbakır Bar Association who was killed in 2015, was also elected as a member of the YENİ Party Council.
Türkan Elçi In addition to former ambassadors Namık Tan, Ömer Önhon, and Ömer Kaya Türkmen, academic Mitat Çelikpala, known for his work on the Black Sea and the Caucasus, was also on the list.
NAMES KNOWN FROM THE CHP PERIOD WERE RETAINED Many names from Özel's previous political staff also retained their places in the new management. Selin Sayek Böke, Gökhan Zeybek, Burhanettin Bulut, Suat Özçağdaş, Aylin Nazlıaka, Gamze Taşcıer, and Deniz Yücel are among these names.
The meeting in the same management of figures from different political traditions with former CHP cadres became one of the striking elements in the YENİ Party's management structure.