İYİ Party's Ahmet Zeki Üçok dismissed from his post

Waters are not calming down in the İYİ Party, where news of resignations has been coming one after another.

Ahmet Zeki Üçok, the Head of Law and Justice Policies of the İYİ Party, has been dismissed from his post.

HE HAD SAID "I ADVOCATE FOR COOPERATION WITH THE CHP"

Ahmet Zeki Üçok, whose dismissal was being discussed in the lobbies, had stated in his remarks to Hilal Köylü from Serbestiyet, "It has reached my ears that I have been dismissed, but it has not yet been made official."

Üçok had said the following:

"Just as the authority to select members of the executive board in the İYİ Party lies with the chairperson, the authority to dismiss them also lies with the chairperson. Everything is at the discretion of the chairperson."

"I previously made my presentation with maps regarding how the party would win if it were to cooperate with the CHP to our chairperson, Meral Akşener. She herself had told me to make this presentation at the GİK (General Administrative Board). However, at the GİK meeting, she asked me to only give a verbal explanation and to abandon the presentation with maps."

Stating, "I advocate for cooperation with the CHP, but the GİK decided to reject the cooperation," Üçok had said, "I respect this decision as well. I have not been doing these map-based studies for three days. I have been doing them for months with my friends around me. As if this were unknown, I was approached with unstylish, inappropriate criticisms after the GİK. This is not how it should be. It should not have been like this."

WHO IS AHMET ZEKİ ÜÇOK?

Ahmet Zeki Üçok was born on April 9, 1961, in the village of Koşuboğazı in Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa, to a teacher father and a housewife mother. After his primary and secondary education, he graduated from Işıklar Military High School (1977) and the Air Force Academy (as an Electrical-Electronics engineer) (1981).

He served as an anti-aircraft officer between 1981 and 1993. In the meantime, he graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law (1989) and transferred to the Military Judge Class (1993). He completed his master's degree at Anadolu University Institute of Social Sciences (1995) and his doctorate at Anadolu University Institute of Social Sciences (1999).

He served as a member and president of the Military Court of the Eskişehir 1st Tactical Air Force Command (1993-2002), Legal Advisor to the Diyarbakır 2nd Tactical Air Force Command (2002-2005), and Chief Prosecutor of the Air Force Command (2005-2009).

Ahmet Zeki Üçok was appointed as an advisor to İYİ Party Chairperson Meral Akşener in 2022.