YSK gives green light for continuation of CHP's congresses in Istanbul

The Supreme Election Council (YSK) has accepted the request to lift the decisions to halt CHP's district congresses in Istanbul.

With this decision taken on September 5, it was decided that the congress processes in the Sarıyer, Tuzla, Bakırköy, Başakşehir, and Ataşehir districts would continue. The YSK stated that district election boards do not have the authority to halt congresses.

The CHP had applied to the YSK, arguing that the preliminary injunction decision regarding the Istanbul Provincial Congress could not be implemented.

However, the YSK rejected this objection. The YSK's reasoned decision emphasizes that congress processes initiated in accordance with the bylaws and regulations of political parties cannot be halted by district election boards.

The YSK's 9-page justification included details regarding the interim decision of the Istanbul 45th Civil Court of First Instance.

The court had decided to halt the district and provincial congresses in Istanbul during the CHP's 39th Ordinary Convention process.

However, the YSK stated that district election boards do not have the authority to implement this decision, expressing that the decisions taken constituted a complete illegality.

The justification for the YSK's decision has been completed. The 9-page document states the following:

'Although the Istanbul 45th Civil Court of First Instance, in its interim decision numbered 2025/254, decided to provisionally halt the district congresses and provincial congress election activities to be conducted by the Istanbul Provincial organization—which are part of the 39th Ordinary Convention process initiated by the Republican People's Party Central Executive Board—and consequently, the Tuzla, Sarıyer, Başakşehir, Ataşehir, and Bakırköy District Election Board Presidencies decided that the ordinary congresses initiated in said districts could not be held, thereby ending the congress processes; since district election boards have no duty or authority to halt a congress process that has begun and is continuing in accordance with Law No. 2820 and the provisions of political party bylaws and regulations, these decisions taken by the Tuzla, Sarıyer, Başakşehir, Ataşehir, and Bakırköy District Election Board Presidencies constitute a state of complete illegality.'