20 million [TL] talk event from the AKP-run Konya Metropolitan Municipality! The names contracted are familiar...

The Konya Metropolitan Municipality allocated a total budget of 20 million 575 thousand TL for six different talk series through a tender held on June 25, 2025.

According to the report by Deniz Ayhan from Sözcü, these talks will be held at congress centers in Konya.

The names contracted to speak at the events are as follows:

Journalist Fulya Öztürk

Journalist Mehmet Akif Ersoy

AKP Manisa Deputy Bahadır Yenişehirlioğlu

Psychiatrist and author Kemal Sayar

Psychologist and author Hatice Kübra Tongar

Poet Nurullah Genç

YouTuber Sevda Türküsev

In addition, expert academics, educators, and authors will also be present as speakers at these events.

This expenditure has brought the debates regarding the budget usage of AKP-run municipalities back to the agenda. While the expenditures of CHP-run municipalities are strictly audited, the lack of any oversight regarding the expenditures of AKP-run municipalities is drawing reactions from citizens.