Last-minute rumors regarding the AKP's grand congress! 'Being restructured from scratch…'
Nefes Gazetesi columnist Nuray Babacan shared the latest behind-the-scenes information regarding the 8th Ordinary Grand Congress of the AKP in her column today.
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The AKP 8th Ordinary Grand Congress will take place today at the Ankara Sports Hall. At the congress, AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will change his A-Team.
Nefes Gazetesi columnist Nuray Babacan shared the behind-the-scenes information she obtained regarding the congress and the expected changes within the AKP.
"THE BIGGEST CHANGE WILL BE AT THE HEADQUARTERS"
It has been learned that AKP Group Chairman Abdullah Güler will serve as the chairman of the congress council.
“The headquarters management is being restructured from scratch,” said Babacan, adding, “The biggest change in the appointments that the vast majority are primarily curious about will be at the headquarters. With this operation, Abdullah Güler will be taken from Parliament and given a role at the headquarters. If there are no last-minute changes to the plans, he will be made the Head of Election Affairs.”
On the other hand, it has been suggested that Mustafa Varank will be appointed as the Head of R&D in the party, and Organization Head Erkan Kandemir will be removed from this position to become the Deputy Chairman.
BEKİR BOZDAĞ TO REPLACE GÜLER FOR GROUP CHAIRMANSHIP
It is claimed that Efkan Ala will assume the role of Deputy Chairman alongside Kandemir, and the name of Bekir Bozdağ is being mentioned for the Group Chairmanship that will be vacated by Güler.
Babacan, in her article titled “Last-minute rumors in the AKP”, noted the following:
It is alleged that Mustafa Elitaş, one of the Deputy Chairmen, and Hayati Yazıcı, the Head of Legal Affairs, will not be given roles at the headquarters, and these names will be evaluated as advisors at the palace.
Among the rumors is that Fatih Şahin, who has served as the secretary-general until now, will be brought to the Head of Legal Affairs position vacated by Hayati Yazıcı. There are also those who say that it is a possibility for Ali İhsan Yavuz to take on this role.
NEW DEPARTMENTS
New departments will also be established within the party. It is suggested that Yücel Arzen will be brought to the Head of Cultural Affairs, Harun Yerebakan to the Head of Health Affairs, and Kürşad Zorlu, who was transferred from the IYI Party, to the Head of the Turkic World.
NEW TRANSFERS
Meanwhile, some new participants are also expected at the party's congress. It is alleged that Future Party (Gelecek Partisi) MP Serap Yazıcı and Ünal Karaman, who resigned from the IYI Party, will join the AKP with a ceremony. In political circles, it is also underlined that Serap Yazıcı worked on the transition to a parliamentary system at the Table of Six.
In a statement made by the Future Party management, it was expressed that some MPs would be used as show material in the AKP's congress through bargains similar to the 'Güneş Motel' incident. It is stated that the party's management learned about the bargains made with their own MPs.