14.11.2026 10:30
The NEW Party is holding its first ordinary congress in Ankara after its founding. At the congress, where 1,202 delegates will vote, Özgür Özel is the sole candidate for the chairmanship, while eyes turned to the new Central Executive Board (MYK) list. At the congress, where Özel entered the hall with his wife and daughter, the red roses in the wreath sent by Bahçeli drew attention.
The 1st Ordinary Congress of the YENİ Party began at 10:00 at Ankara Sports Hall. At the congress, held with the participation of approximately 1,200 delegates, Özgür Özel is running as the sole candidate in the chairmanship race.
ENTERED THE HALL WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
Chairman Özgür Özel entered the congress hall at 10:00 together with his wife Didem Özel and his daughter İpek Özel. As Özel entered the hall, the song "Pusulamız Millet" (Our Compass Is the Nation) was played.
TOOK THE PODIUM AT 10:10
At 10:10, Özgür Özel took the podium and opened his party's founding congress. In addition to the chairmanship election, the party's new management team will also be determined at the congress.
SYMBOLIC PHOTOGRAPHS HUNG IN THE HALL
One of the details that drew attention in the congress hall was the photographs taken during Özgür Özel's march to Parliament after the police raid on CHP Headquarters on May 21.
Two photographs from that march were hung in two corners of the congress hall.
EYES ON THE NEW MYK LIST
Özgür Özel, the sole candidate for the chairmanship, is expected to make changes to the Central Executive Board after the congress and assign roles to new names.
At the first ordinary congress held after the party's founding process, how the new management team will take shape is awaited with curiosity.
BAHÇELİ SENT A WREATH
Devlet Bahçeli, Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party, sent a congratulatory wreath to the 1st Ordinary Congress of the YENİ Party, held at Ankara Arena with the slogan "Türkiye yenileniyor" (Türkiye is renewing).
The wreath sent by Bahçeli bore the inscription "Devlet Bahçeli MHP Chairman" and included red gerberas, white lilies and red roses.