Breaking News: 'Convention' declaration from 221 former CHP deputies! Here are the names who signed...

A total of 221 former deputies and senators who served under the Republican People's Party (CHP) have issued a joint public statement against the "absolute nullity" (kesin hükümsüzlük) ruling regarding the 38th Ordinary Convention, where Özgür Özel was elected chairman.

Stating that the judiciary has become politicized and that the ruling is a heavy blow to democratic politics, the former deputies called for an extraordinary convention to be held within 45 days at the latest to resolve the "legal representation vacuum" created by the judiciary.

The declaration pointed out that election processes are conducted under the supervision of the Supreme Election Council (YSK) in accordance with Article 79 of the Constitution and that YSK decisions are final, emphasizing that the government is interfering in politics through the judiciary:

"If the YSK finds no irregularities and rejects the objection, it issues the certificate of election to the elected candidate. According to Article 79, the decision made by the YSK is final and cannot be appealed. The use of the government's judiciary as a tool to regulate politics is very dangerous for the democratic order and is opening wounds that are difficult to heal in the conscience of society."

"THE SOURCE OF LEGITIMACY IS THE WILL OF THE NATION"

Describing the cancellation of the 38th Convention, which was held 2.5 years ago, as an attack on the will of the nation, the 221 politicians continued their statement with the following words:

"The source of political legitimacy is the will of the nation. Ignoring the will that emerged at the ballot box shakes public trust in political institutions and justice. With the absolute nullity ruling, the constitutional order has been interfered with by a politicized judiciary. Those who support absolute nullity are those who do not stand on the right side of history and have no hope for the future."

45 DAYS FOR A SOLUTION: CONVENTION IMMEDIATELY

Emphasizing that the CHP cannot be directed by unconstitutional judicial decisions and stating that the solution lies in intra-party democracy and the will of the convention, the declaration included the following statements:

"The most correct, legitimate, and legal solution to resolve the divisions and debates that are being attempted to be created within the CHP, the founding party of the Democratic and Secular Republic, before they grow, is to IMMEDIATELY call for an Extraordinary Convention. The 'legal representation vacuum' currently created by the judiciary can be resolved in the fastest way possible through the will of an Extraordinary Convention to be held within 45 days at the latest."

The declaration also stated that Özgür Özel has made the CHP Turkey's leading party again and created great hope in the country, and that this hope must be sustained through the will of an extraordinary convention.

THE 221 NAMES WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION

The list of signatories, which includes former CHP deputies and senators in alphabetical order by surname, is as follows:

A - B: Erol Ağagil, Metin Arif Ağaoğlu, Yaşar Ağyüz, Mustafa Akaydın, Vezir Akdemir, Zekeriya Akıncı, Yakup Akkaya, Ayşe Nedret Akova, Bahattin Alagöz, Yavuz Altınorak, Züheyir Amber, Kemal Anadol, Ali Arabacı, Oya Araslı, Necla Arat, Çetin Arık, Arsan Savaş Arpacıoğlu, Ali Arslan, Şevket Arz, Gani Aşık, İsmet Atalay, Abdülkadir Ateş, Aytuğ Atıcı, Erkan Aydın, Hasan Aydın, Osman Aydın, Ergün Aydoğan, Hüseyin Aygün, Feridun Ayvazoğlu, Mustafa Balbay, Bülent Baratalı, Süheyl Batum, Hüseyin Bayındır, Coşkun Bayram, Gülsün Bilgehan, Hüsnü Bozkurt, Mehmet Boztaş, Çetin Osman Budak, Rıdvan Budak, Mehmet Büyükyılmaz, Barış Can.

C - E: Ethem Cankurtaran, Mehmet Alev Coşkun, Mustafa Çakır, Rasim Çakır, Halil Çalık, Musa Çam, İsmet Çanakçı, Tolga Çandar, Vahit Çekmez, Süleyman Çelebi, İzzet Çetin, Ömer Çiftçi, Yüksel Çorbacıoğlu, Osman Çoşkunoğlu, Halil Çulhaoğlu, Ayşe Eser Danişoğlu, İsmail Değerli, Kemal Değirmendereli, Nurettin Demir, Yılmaz Demir, Ali Demirçalı, İlhan Demiröz, Turgut Dibek, Celal Dinçer, A. Sedat Doğan, Muharrem Doğan, Orhan Düzgün, Mehmet Ali Edipoğlu, Kemal Ekinci, Oktay Ekşi, Emine Gülizar Emecan, Orhan Eraslan, Nevin Gaye Erbatur, Tuncay Ercenk, Fuat Erçetin, Ali Haydar Erdoğan, Haydar Erdoğan, Hikmet Erenkaya, Abdurrezzak Erten, Refik Eryılmaz.

G - K: Mustafa Gazalcı, Hasan Gemici, Nejat Gencan, Süleyman Girgin, Coşkun Gökalp, Cengiz Gökçel, Cemalettin Gürbüz, Zeynep Damla Gürel, Uluç Gürkan, Ayşe Gürocak, Güneş Gürseler, Hulusi Güvel, Namık Havutca, Mahmut Işık, Ruşen Işın, Mehmet Kahraman, Sena Kaleli, Nail Kamacı, İrfan Kaplan, Mehmet Hilal Kaplan, Emin Karaa, Selahattin Karaahmetoğlu, Erdal Karademir, Tuncay Karaytuğ, Atilla Kart, Mehmet Kartal, Yılmaz Kaya, Yakup Kepenek, Mehmet Kerimoğlu, Mehmet Kesimoğlu, Ahmet Güryüz Ketenci, Ali Keven, İsmet Önder Kırlı, Emin Koç, Haluk Koç, Tevfik Koçak, Muhsin Koçyiğit, Osman Korutürk, Erdal Koyuncu, Ural Köklü, Ali İhsan Köktürk, Emre Köprülü, Şevket Köse, Tufan Köse, Mustafa Kul, Şevki Kulkuloğlu, Kazım Kurt, Rüştü Kurt, Muzaffer Kurtulmuşoğlu, Sedef Küçük, Mehmet Küçükaşık.

L - Ö: Faruk Loğoğlu, Türkan Miçooğulları, Mustafa Moroğlu, Güldal Mumcu, Ziya Gökalp Mülayim, Ali Oksal, Güldal Okuducu, Melda Onur, Selahattin Öcal, Ensar Öğüt, Kadir Gökmen Öğüt, Şinası Öktem, Hasan Ören, Sakine Öz, İsmail Özay, Ahmet Sırrı Özbek, Hüseyin Özcan, Osman Özcan, Suat Özcan, İbrahim Özdiş, Kamil Özev, Kazım Özev, Ufuk Özkan, Yüksel Özkan, Mustafa Özyurt, Mustafa Özyürek.

P - U: Mehmet Parlakyiğit, Sedat Pekel, Kemal Sağ, Nadir Saraç, Faruk Sarıaslan, Ali Sarıbaş, Sıdıka Sarıbekir, Timucin Savaş, Mehmet Nuri Saygun, Bedri Serter, Nur Serter, Behiç Sonbay, Ertöz Vahit Suiçmez, Tayfur Süner, Ali Haydar Şahin, Şadan Şimşek, Yahya Şimşek, Ali Tekin, Hayati Tekin, Erol Tınaztepe, Mustafa Timisi, Mehmet Tomanbay, Ramis Topal, Binnaz Toprak, Muharrem Toprak, Altan Tuna, Zülfükar İnönü Tümer, Neccar Türkcan, Elif Doğan Türkmen, Rıza Türmen, Enis Tütüncü, Şahin Ulusoy, Engin Uysal, Necati Uzdil, Sedat Uzunbay.

Ü - Z: Zeki Ünal, Baha Ünlü, Halil Ünlütepe, Engin Ünsal, Hüseyin Ünsal, Fahrettin Üstün, Akın Üstündağ, Kazım Üstüner, Ali Cumhur Yaka, Rıza Yalçınkaya, Abdülaziz Yazar, M. Ziya Yergök, Erdoğan Yetenç, İdris Yıldız, Sacit Yıldız, Dilek Yılmaz, Mustafa Yılmaz (Malatya), Necati Yılmaz, Rıza Yılmaz, Ahmet Yılmazkaya, Bayram Yılmazkaya, Selami Yiğit, Bekir Yurdagül, Candan Yüceer, Vedat Yücesan, Alaattin Yüksel, Şefik Zengin, Veli Zeren.