21.10.2025 14:43
During Meral Akşener's presidency, Ümit Dikbayır, the Independent Sakarya Deputy who was expelled from the İYİ Party, officially joined the CHP. CHP Chairman Özgür Özel personally pinned the badge on Dikbayır. In a recent statement, Dikbayır mentioned that he had received three offers from the AK Party but had declined them.
Former İYİ Party member and Sakarya Deputy Ümit Dikbayır has joined the CHP.
Dikbayır arrived at the hall with CHP Ankara Deputy Adnan Beker before the CHP group meeting. CHP leader Özgür Özel personally pinned the badge on Ümit Dikbayır.
HE HAD SIGNALLED LAST NIGHT CHP Ankara Deputy Adnan Beker stated on his social media account last night that they visited Özgür Özel together with Ümit Dikbayır, sharing a photo taken with CHP leader Özel and Dikbayır.
Beker, in his photo post, expressed, "We visited our CHP Chairman Mr. Özgür Özel together with my valuable brother Mr. Ümit Dikbayır, the Sakarya Deputy. I thank him for his kind hospitality and valuable conversation, and I hope it will bring good to our country and our party."
WHAT HAD HAPPENED? Ümit Dikbayır, who was elected as a Sakarya Deputy from the İYİ Party and was alleged to have examined the bank accounts of former İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener's family, was expelled from his party after being referred to the disciplinary board with a precautionary and definitive expulsion request. After being expelled from his party, Dikbayır served as an independent deputy in the parliament for a while.
Ümit Dikbayır. HE HAD REJECTED THE AK PARTY'S OFFER 3 TIMES Ümit Dikbayır previously stated in a program he attended on Sözcü TV that he received offers from the AK Party three times but did not accept them.
WHO IS ÜMİT DİKBAYIR? Ümit Dikbayır was born in 1968 in Sakarya. He completed his primary and secondary education in Hendek and his high school education at Sakarya 1st Industrial Vocational High School. After fulfilling his military service in 1989, he began his role as the chairman of the board of directors of his family's 48-year-old company. He is a member of the İYİ Party Founders Board and the General Administrative Board, as well as the İYİ Party Financial Affairs Chairman and the 28th Term Sakarya Deputy. He is married and a father of two children.