Tolga Akalın: Meral Akşener was supposed to resign on the night of March 31, but Erdoğan convinced her not to.

The tension within the İYİ Party, which has been escalating with Kürşad Zorlu's resignation, seems poised to reach its peak with the statements made by former İYİ Party Deputy Chairman Mehmet Tolga Akalın during a live broadcast.

Speaking on Halk TV's live broadcast, Akalın claimed that after the electoral disaster experienced on the night of March 31, the then İYİ Party Chairman Meral Akşener backed out of her resignation following a phone call from President Erdoğan.

Akalın also explained that while they were preparing to expand their electoral cooperation with the CHP across Turkey, specifically in Ankara, Meral Akşener made a statement without even informing them, saying, "We will enter the election alone."

"AKŞENER IS ERDOĞAN'S INSTRUCTION OFFICER"

Tolga Akalın stated: "Erdoğan's political success stems from transforming the opposition. Meral Akşener has lost her status as a politician. Meral Akşener was supposed to resign on the night of March 31. A press conference was to be held at the İYİ Party Headquarters at midnight that night. However, with a phone call from Erdoğan; whether you call it a request, plea, or instruction, Meral Akşener backed out of resigning. Akşener is Erdoğan's instruction officer. Meral Akşener is now a subject of history, not politics."

DECISION TO ENTER THE ELECTION 'ALONE' IN 81 PROVINCES

Tolga Akalın also made interesting statements regarding Meral Akşener's stance in the March 31 elections; Akalın said, "With Meral Akşener's 'approval', we met with Mansur Yavaş, we met with the CHP; we reached an agreement. We were going to expand the model in Ankara to the whole of Turkey. Everything was ready. Mr. Akşener was supposed to come to the Headquarters on Monday to discuss this matter with us. She had been informed. However, she fell ill and did not come. On Tuesday, she went to Uşak and said, 'We are entering the election alone in 81 provinces.'

KÜRŞAD ZORLU'S RESIGNATION

Akalın commented on Kürşad Zorlu's resignation, saying, "I spoke with Kürşad Zorlu 10 days ago, and he said there was no such thing. In my opinion, he learned at the last moment that he would resign from the İYİ Party. I think he was surprised himself. The İYİ Party is dissolving, the İYİ Party is disappearing."

DENIAL FROM ESMA BEKAR

Meral Akşener's Chief of Staff Esma Bekar sent a message to the program stating, "There was no phone call with the President on the night of March 31. HTS records can be checked."