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First statement from Barış Yarkadaş after expulsion from CHP: 'Because you are cowards'

Following the decision of the CHP High Disciplinary Board, Barış Yarkadaş was expelled from the CHP, along with Gürsel Tekin, who had been appointed as a trustee to the Istanbul Provincial Presidency. Yarkadaş shared a post on his social media account following the expulsion decision.

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Barış Yarkadaş, whose reaction to the expulsion decision against him was highly anticipated, made a statement on his social media account and used the following expressions:

YOU ARE EVEN LATE!

The current CHP administration has supposedly had me expelled from the CHP through the High Disciplinary Board (YDK), which has made it a habit to act on orders and instructions rather than the fundamental principles of law.

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry…

The "chair" of the YDK, who is the subject of summaries of proceedings regarding various allegations of crime, and his friends have accused us, in short, of "not complying with party discipline"…

The head of the board to which we should be holding accountable has passed judgment from a high horse, relying on that authority we know very well how he obtained…

That judgment you have passed is invalid!

I am not tied to the CHP merely by the bylaws or a membership process on paper.

I am tied to the CHP with my heart and soul.

That decision you made will only be a source of shame for you.

You won't even be able to explain this decision to your children.

Yes; you acted as if you were "brave" and made a decision, and you quickly announced it to the media!

However; what you did stems not from your courage, but from your cowardice.

You are acting like cowards and cannot face me!

If you had not been afraid;

You would have told me my "crime" to my face; you would have at least sent a "notification" for me to submit my defense.

I learned that I was "referred to discipline" from HALK TV and the "date I would be expelled" from ANKA AGENCY.

You couldn't even send me a "notification regarding my crime and the date I would be judged."

Because you are cowards!

You do not have the courage to face me!

How could you?

Is it easy to sit in the seat you won by "rigging" and tell me my "crime" to my face!

You couldn't do it!

Because you knew you couldn't do this, you chose the path of "summary execution" and signed a decision imposed on you without even taking my "defense."

Anyway, you have a "sidekick media" that applauds you and supporters you have influenced.

Anyway; in those echo chambers, you label everyone who criticizes you as "AKP-affiliated" or "the Palace's man," and by satisfying yourselves in this way, you run away from the truth.

Run, run, but until when?

You can only deceive yourselves up to a point with the "so-called trial" you learned from the AK PARTY and repeated.

Ladies and gentlemen…

Look closely at the photo below..

The year is 1995…

The place is the CHP Kadıköy District Presidency..

We were there that day, and we will be there tomorrow.

We did not refrain from saying what we knew to be right yesterday, and we will not refrain tomorrow!

You did what suited you and executed us without even taking our defense!

You do not have the courage to read the decision you made to our faces!

But look, I am shouting to your faces once again with the strength I draw from being in the right:

We will remove the dirt and grime you have smeared on our CHP, the legacy of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and we will remove the stain cast upon our party, which is our true ancestral home.

Come on, if you have the courage, you say this too..

Say it;

"We did not cover up any corruption allegations…"

"We did not rig the congress and the grand assembly.."

"We did not provide benefits to delegates before the congress…"

"We did not get rich without cause through the municipalities we took over.."

"We lived only on our salaries. We did not touch what is forbidden…"

Come on, say it!

Anyway, let's not prolong it…

You were actually even late in making this decision!

Your so-called expulsion decision has not even the value of a speck of dust in my eyes.

This decision you made by instruction is a source of shame for you and a certificate of honor for me.

The day the instruction to supposedly expel me came is a day that will be remembered with honor for me.

My execution order was given on the day I exposed that you removed Atatürk's photograph from the Presidential Candidate Office.

You squirmed for two months and tried to make people forget the issue. On September 2nd, you cowardly pressed the button.

History will write you down as those who removed Atatürk's photograph from the CHP.

You will carry this shame for the rest of your lives.

Just like the other unlawful decisions you have made…

Final word:

We did not come to the CHP with permission; we will not leave with permission.

For us, the CHP is not a "livelihood gate," but the name of the roof under which our ideals meet.

We will not allow that roof to be collapsed.

You will all witness this.