After Minister Uraloğlu, Şamil Tayyar also gives a date for early elections!

While the opposition's calls for early elections continue, AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has closed the doors to early elections, stating that the elections will be held on time.

However, a surprise statement came yesterday (August 2) from Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu. In his statement, Uraloğlu said, "The presidential election is in 2027-2028, but it will likely be in 2027, that is what I think."

Uraloğlu used the following expressions:

“That evening in Trabzon, we were following the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections. Where did we suddenly arrive? Let's say towards the end of 2027, and this is what I see. Our President is re-elected President by a wide margin. I am experiencing this election, this, this.”

Following this statement by Uraloğlu, which dominated the agenda, a remarkable post came from former AKP deputy Şamil Tayyar.

Evaluating Uraloğlu's statement, Tayyar recalled a past statement by AKP Group Deputy Chairman Mustafa Elitaş and pointed to November 2027 for early general elections. Tayyar removed this statement from his social media account shortly after.

The post that Şamil Tayyar deleted is as follows:

“Our Minister of Transport said in his speech in Trabzon that the general election could be at the end of 2027.

As a possibility.

Previously, our Deputy Chairman @mustafaelitas and our Group Deputy Chairman and Vice Chairman had also drawn attention to the possibility of the general election being held in November 2027 on different occasions.

The fact that authorized figures are referring to the same calendar, even though no decision has been made on this matter, shows that a common opinion is beginning to take shape.

As for me...

I think that if an election decision were made for November 2027 right now, without dragging it out, it would provide a general relief in both society and politics.

I believe that all discussions such as the solution process, the new Constitution, the economic program, and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality investigation would remain outside of election polemics, and the agenda would proceed on a more realistic ground.

Everyone would make their calculations accordingly, risks would decrease, and the agenda would become more transparent.

A small suggestion...”