18.10.2025 20:28
At the 39th Ordinary Ankara Provincial Congress of the CHP, the current Provincial Chairman Ümit Erkol, who was the sole candidate, was re-elected as provincial chairman by receiving the votes of 418 out of 461 delegates who cast their votes.
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The 39th Ordinary Ankara Provincial Congress of the CHP was held at the Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center in Yenimahalle. The congress was attended by Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Tekin Bingöl, CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir, Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş, Deputy Chairpersons Ensar Aytekin, Gamze Taşçıer, Aylin Nazlıaka, Gülşah Deniz Atalar, and Yalçın Karatepe, CHP Ankara Provincial Chairman Ümit Erkol, and many party members. Ensar Aytekin was elected as the Chair of the Congress. The proposal for the election to be held by block list was unanimously accepted.
MESSAGE FROM ÖZEL AND İMAMOĞLU
During the program, messages from CHP Chairman Özgür Özel, who is in the Netherlands, and detained Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was removed from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality due to a corruption investigation, were read.
YAVAŞ: THE TURKISH NATION WILL GIVE THE NECESSARY PUNISHMENT
Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş stated that they believe they can manage Turkey better, saying, "Despite all the obstacles and pressures in Ankara, if our vote rate has reached a record and the number of municipalities has increased, the Turkish nation will definitely give the necessary punishment to the current government and those in power at the ballot box in the upcoming general elections against such injustice and unfairness."
"WE ARE READY FOR A GREAT AND CHALLENGING JOURNEY"
CHP Provincial Chairman Ümit Erkol said, "In the new term, if you give a vote of confidence to my friends with whom we will walk together and to me once again with the votes you will use shortly, we are ready for this great and challenging journey together with you."
RE-ELECTED AS PROVINCIAL CHAIRMAN
After the speeches, the voting process for 650 delegates began. Ümit Erkol, who entered the election as the sole candidate, was re-elected as provincial chairman by receiving the votes of 428 out of 461 delegates who voted.
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