26.02.2025 00:11
The leader of the CHP, Özgür Özel, has denied the claim that Serap Yazıcı Özbudun, a member of the Future Party who recently joined the AK Party, wanted to switch to the CHP a few days ago. Özbudun stated that the offer to join the CHP came from Özel, but she rejected it.
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel made striking statements at his party's group meeting. Özel revealed that Serap Yazıcı Özbudun, who resigned from the Future Party just hours before the AK Party congress held in Ankara a few days ago and joined the AK Party on the day of the congress, had expressed her desire to join the CHP a few days prior.
ÖZBUDUN DENIES ÖZEL'S CLAIM
Özbudun denied Özel's statement. She said that the invitation to join the CHP came from Özgür Özel, but she rejected it.
"ÖZEL INVITED YAZICI THROUGH AN INTERMEDIARY"
Journalist Nagehan Alçı shared the following on her social media account regarding the issue: "I asked Prof. Serap Yazıcı about Özgür Özel's claim that 'I wanted her to come to the CHP, but she did not accept.' On Tuesday, January 14, the CHP Chairman invited Yazıcı through an intermediary. Ms. Serap said she could come on the 16th due to her busy schedule. Nevertheless, the same intermediary called Yazıcı's advisor on the 15th to say that Mr. Özgür was waiting for her at the Headquarters."
"ÖZEL INVITED YAZICI TO JOIN CHP"
On Wednesday, January 15, Ms. Serap and Mr. Özel met at the CHP Headquarters... Mr. Özgür invited Yazıcı to join the CHP. Yazıcı politely said she could not accept and mentioned that she had received an invitation from the AK Party... Özgür Özel told Yazıcı, 'If you stay in the Future Party, I will respect you, but it would be wrong for you to go to the AK Party.'
"SHE CAME TO MY VISIT TO HER PARTY 3-4 DAYS AGO"
Özel had made the following statement regarding the issue: "One of them resigned just one day before, 14 hours ago, and when news broke that she was going to the AK Party, she tweeted in the evening, 'I resign as I see fit.' She came to my visit to her party three or four days before that, sat down, listened to me in the meeting, listened to the chairman of that party, was in the delegation, and now she has gone to the AK Party.
"OBJECTION TO THE ONE-MAN REGIME IS NOT ENOUGH IN MY PARTY"
She went to our Antalya deputy. 'Objection to the one-man regime is not enough in my party. I want to switch to the Republican People's Party,' she said. They came to me with our Antalya deputy. I told her, first, 'Your party has a group. Your resignation may cause your group to fall. Do not be the one to cause the group to fall. We are the party that gives deputies to that group to prevent it from falling.' Second, 'Even if you leave your party, we cannot accept you for a long time. Because we are not a party that covets the deputy of another party.' Third, 'Even if you say you want to come to us after resigning from that party, I must call the chairman of your party to inform him of this situation and discuss this matter in the presence of witnesses.' I spoke in the presence of witnesses. This person left us and then went to the Justice and Development Party."