Joint resignation of 278 former MPs from CHP: They will support the NEW Party
Former CHP deputies have announced in a joint statement that they will support the NEW Party, declaring that they "will not be part of a crisis of legitimacy."
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Former deputies have joined the resignation process within the CHP. A total of 278 former MPs from the party have announced their departure from the CHP through a joint statement.
According to the report by Sözcü columnist Saygı Öztürk, the statement was shared with the public by Mehmet Tomanbay, a former CHP deputy for Ankara's 1st District. The text stated that the resignations were made with "great sadness" and that the decision signifies a temporary departure "until the CHP's legal personality is reclaimed one day."
“WE WILL NOT BE PART OF THE CRISIS”
The text contained harsh criticisms regarding the process referred to as the "nullity decision." It was emphasized that the decision harms the CHP's historical identity and democratic functioning.
“We, who believe that the Republican People's Party is the most important carrier of the Republic's fundamental values such as secularism, democracy, the rule of law, and the social state, witness with sadness that it has become impossible to defend these values under the current structure. Therefore, we will not be a part of the resulting crisis of legitimacy.”
The statement also noted that those resigning would support a new political formation upon leaving the CHP. The text recorded that they would contribute to the construction of a political understanding committed to democracy, the rule of law, pluralism, social democracy, and the founding values of the Republic.
The former deputies announced that they would support the NEW Party, which is based on intra-party democracy and primary elections to be held with the participation of all members. The statement also expressed the belief that the political movement led by Özgür Özel would create a new hope in Turkey.
The joint statement also published the list of names of the former CHP deputies who resigned.
The names who resigned are as follows:
- Erol Ağagil
- Yaşar Ağyüz
- Dilek Akagün
- Haydar Akar
- Vezir Akdemir
- Zekeriya Akıncı
- Yakup Akkaya
- Sabahat Akkiraz
- Ayşe Nedret Akova
- Yüksel Aksu
- Ali Akyıldız
- Bahattin Alagöz
- Önay Alpago
- Ahmet Altun
- Faik Altun
- Züheyir Amber
- Kemal Anadol
- Ali Arabacı
- Oya Araslı
- Necla Arat
- Metin Arifağaoğlu
- Çetin Arık
- Arsan Savaş Arpacıoğlu
- Ali Arslan
- Gani Aşık
- İsmet Atalay
- Hasan Aydın
- Osman Aydın
- Ergün Aydoğan
- Feridun Ayvazoğlu
- Erdoğan Bakkalbaşı
- Mustafa Ali Balbay
- Bülent Baratalı
- Süheyl Batum
- Hüseyin Bayındır
- Coşkun Bayram
- Kani Beko
- İbrahim Yavuz Bildik
- Hüsnü Bozkurt
- Rıdvan Budak
- Mehmet Büyükyılmaz
- Barış Can
- Volkan Canalioğlu
- Rasim Çakır
- Halil Çalık
- Hüseyin Çamak
- İsmet Çanakcı
- Tolga Çandar
- Ethem Cankurtaran
- Fuat Çay
- Vahit Çekmez
- Süleyman Çelebi
- Tarık Cengiz
- İzzet Çetin
- Dursun Çiçek
- Ömer Çiftçi
- Hüsnü Çöllü
- Yüksel Çorbacıoğlu
- Mehmet Alev Coşkun
- Osman Coşkunoğlu
- Halil Çulhaoğlu
- Ayşe Eser Danişoğlu
- Salih Dayıoğlu
- Mehmet Dedeoğlu
- İsmail Değerli
- Kemal Değirmendereli
- Nurettin Demir
- İlhan Demiröz
- Hilmi Develi
- Turgut Dibek
- Halit Dikmen
- Celal Dinçer
- Orhan Ziya Diren
- A. Sedat Doğan
- Celal Doğan
- Muharrem Doğan
- Orhan Düzgün
- Mehmet Ali Edipoğlu
- Akif Ekici
- Kemal Ekinci
- Oktay Ekşi
- Şükrü Elekdağ
- Atila Emek
- Orhan Eraslan
- Nevin Gaye Erbatur
- Tuncay Ercenk
- Fuat Erçetin
- Ali Haydar Erdoğan
- Hikmet Erenkaya
- Sabri Ergül
- Abdurrezzak Erten
- Ali Ahmet Ertürk
- Refik Eryılmaz
- Haluk Eyidoğan
- Mustafa Gazalcı
- Okan Gaytancıoğlu
- Hasan Gemici
- Nejat Gencan
- Süleyman Girgin
- Coşkun Gökalp
- Mehmet Gökdağ
- Mehmet Göker
- Ali Rıza Gülçiçek
- Numan Gültekin
- Mehmet Gümüşcü
- Rahmi Güner
- Cemalettin Gürbüz
- Zeynep Damla Gürel
- Uluç Gürkan
- Ayşe Gürocak
- Güneş Gürseler
- Yalçın Gürtan
- Hulusi Güvel
- Hasan Güyüldar
- Mehmet Haberal
- Süleyman Hatinoğlu
- Tufan Hirfanoğlu
- Güler İleri
- Ali Ilıksoy
- Mustafa İlimen
- M. Turhan İmamoğlu
- Ceyhun İrgil
- Mahmut Işık
- Ruşen Işın
- İbrahim O. Kaboğlu
- Mehmet Kahraman
- Sena Kaleli
- Nail Kamacı
- Ekrem Selçuk Kangal
- İrfan Kaplan
- Mehmet Hilal Kaplan
- Emin Karaa
- Selahattin Karaahmetoğlu
- Erdal Karademir
- Ender Karagül
- Tuncay Karaytuğ
- Atilla Kart
- Mehmet Kartal
- Yılmaz Kaya
- Yakup Kepenek
- Mehmet Kerimoğlu
- Mehmet Siyam Kesimoğlu
- Ahmet Güryüz Ketenci
- Ali Keven
- İsmet Önder Kırlı
- Emin Koç
- Haluk Koç
- Tevfik Koçak
- Muhsin Koçyiğit
- Devrim Kök
- Ural Köklü
- Ali İhsan Köktürk
- Emre Köprülü
- Esfender Korkmaz
- Osman Taney Korutürk
- Erol Köse
- Şevket Köse
- Tufan Köse
- Erdal Koyuncu
- Sedef Küçük
- Mehmet Küçükaşık
- Mustafa Kul
- Sami Kumbasar
- Bekir Kumbul
- Kazım Kurt
- Rüştü Kurt
- Muzaffer Kurtulmuşoğlu
- Faruk Loğoğlu
- Hasan Macit
- Bayram Meral
- Cengiz Gökçel
- Türkan Miçooğulları
- Ziya Gökalp Mülayim
- Güldal Mumcu
- Mehmet Neşşar
- Orhan Ocak
- Selahattin Öcal
- Kadir Gökmen Öğüt
- Yalçın Oğuz
- Ali Oksal
- Şinası Öktem
- Güldal Okuducu
- Melda Onur
- Onur Öymen
- Sakine Öz
- İsmail Özay
- Ahmet Sırrı Özbek
- Hüseyin Özcan
- Osman Özcan
- Suat Özcan
- Malik Ecder Özdemir
- Kazım Özev
- Ramazan Kerim Özkan
- Yüksel Özkan
- Mustafa Öztin
- Harun Öztürk
- Cengiz Özyalçın
- Mustafa Özyürek
- Mustafa Özyurt
- Bilgin Paçarız
- Mehmet Parlakyiğit
- Sedat Pekel
- Doğan Şafak
- Arif Sağ
- Kemal Sağ
- Fikri Sağlar
- Ali Haydar Şahin
- Nadir Saraç
- Faruk Sarıaslan
- Ali Sarıbaş
- Sıdıka Sarıbekir
- Şenal Sarıhan
- Timurçin Savaş
- Mustafa Sayar
- Mehmet Nuri Saygun
- Cevdet Selvi
- Bedri Serter
- Nur Serter
- Şadan Şimşek
- Yahya Şimşek
- Kamil Okyay Sındır
- Mehmet Sefa Sirmen
- Behiç Sonbay
- Murat Sönmez
- Ertöz Vahit Suiçmez
- Tayfun Süner
- Abuzer Tanrıverdi
- İbrahim Taşdemir
- Turan Tayan
- Ali Tekin
- Hayati Tekin
- Mustafa Timisi
- Necati Tığlı
- Erol Tınaztepe
- İsmet Tokdemir
- Mehmet Tomanbay
- Ramis Topal
- Celal Topkan
- Binnaz Toprak
- Muharrem Toprak
- Altan Tuna
- Erol Tuncer
- Neccar Türkcan
- Elif Doğan Türkmen
- Rıza Türmen
- Enis Tütüncü
- Şahin Ulusoy
- Baha Ünlü
- Halil Ünlütepe
- Engin Ünsal
- Hüseyin Ünsal
- Fahrettin Üstün
- Kazım Üstüner
- Necati Uzdil
- Sedat Uzunbay
- Ali Cumhur Yaka
- Sabri Yavuz
- Abdülaziz Yazar
- M. Ziya Yergök
- Erdoğan Yetenç
- İdris Yıldız
- Mahmut Yıldız
- Sacid Yıldız
- Mustafa Yılmaz
- Rıza Yılmaz
- Ahmet Yılmazkaya
- Bayram Yılmazkaya
- Vedat Yücesan
- Alaattin Yüksel
- Hilmi Yükselen
- Bekir Yurdagül
- Rafet Zeybek
- Veli Zeren
- Edip Özgenç
- Hüseyin Pazarcı
- Suat Çağlayan
- Yekta Açıkgöz
- Haydar Demirtaş