19.05.2026 16:20
Tension occurred at the May 19 Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day ceremony in Şişli. When District Chairman Canercan Kartal removed the CHP Şişli District Chairmanship text on the wreath he brought, the name of suspended Mayor Resul Emrah Şahan emerged. The wreath was intervened.
Ceremonies are being held in every region of the country for May 19, the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. The tension at the ceremony in Şişli drew attention.
At the program held in Maçka Sanat Park, CHP Şişli District Chair Canercan Kartal laid a wreath. While Kartal was placing the wreath, he removed the sign reading Şişli District Chairmanship. Intervention occurred when the name of Resul Emrah Şahan, the Şişli Mayor who had been suspended from duty after his arrest, came up.
WREATH REMOVED FROM CEREMONY AREA
At the program also attended by Ayhan Terzi, the trustee appointed last week to replace Cevdet Ertürkmen, the trustee of the district, the wreath in question was removed from the ceremony area. In a statement on his social media account regarding the incident, Kartal said, 'The Mayor of Şişli is Resul Emrah Şahan. This holiday belongs to the youth, to us, to those who founded the republic and will keep it alive together.'