Claims of new transfers to the AKP: 3 mayors including Keçiören Mayor Mesut Özarslan
Rumors continue to circulate in political circles almost every day that a new mayor will join the AKP. According to the latest claim, 3 more mayors will join the AKP front.
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TGRT Ankara Representative Fatih Atik stated that 3 mayors, including Keçiören Mayor Mesut Özarslan, will switch to the AKP.
Journalist Fatih Atik announced in a post on his social media account that Nevşehir Mayor Rasim Arı, Keçiören Mayor Mesut Özarslan, and Keşan Mayor Mehmet Özcan, who resigned from the Republican People's Party (CHP), will continue their political careers under the AKP umbrella.
Fatih Atik stated that the party badges of these individuals, who resigned from their parties to join the AKP ranks, will be pinned by President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself.
Atik's social media post is as follows:
"LATEST STATUS
Mayors who will join the AKP tomorrow
- Nevşehir Rasim Arı
- Keçiören Mesut Özarslan
- Keşan Mehmet Özcan (Resigned from the CHP today)
The participation ceremony will be held at the AKP Extended Provincial Chairmen meeting. President Erdoğan will pin the badges of the mayors."