20.05.2026 15:20
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır responded to former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's statement "CHP knows how to purge" in a video. Başarır said, "He probably means purging conspirators from the judiciary. A trap is being set for CHP. Both the nation and Mr. Kemal are aware of this. I see that he is protecting the friends he helped elect by fighting shoulder to shoulder in 2019. At least, that’s how I want to see it."
CHP Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır made a statement at the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
CHP's former Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, in a video posted on his social media account, said regarding CHP: "The Republican People's Party is not a legacy left to us. Our party is a sacred trust entrusted to us. A trust cannot be tarnished. A trust cannot be slandered. My brothers, especially the shade of this great plane tree can never and ever be a shelter for sin and corruption. When necessary, it knows how to purify itself and conduct its internal audit. But it never deviates from its path." The first response to Kılıçdaroğlu, who called for purification within CHP, came from CHP Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır.
"HE PROBABLY MEANS PURIFICATION OF THE JUDICIARY"
In his statement, Başarır used the following expressions:
"Ekrem Bey won his first district chairmanship during Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's term. Under his term, he won Beylikdüzü and Istanbul twice. When he says 'purification,' he probably means the purification of the judiciary from the conspirators who did this to him. A trap is being set for CHP. The nation and Kemal Bey are aware of this. I see that he is protecting the friends he helped elect by fighting shoulder to shoulder in 2019. At least, I want to see it that way."