Yavuz Ağıralioğlu is founding a party: What will the party's name be?
It has been reported that former İYİ Party deputy Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, who objected to the candidacy of former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu during the May 14-28 elections and made numerous criticisms of the İYİ Party, is set to establish a new party.
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Sözcü columnist İsmail Saymaz wrote that former İYİ Party deputy Yavuz Ağıralioğlu is preparing to establish a party following the local elections.
According to Saymaz, Ağıralioğlu emphasized that after the local elections, Turkey must begin its second century with a new political language and sense of responsibility, stating the following:
“The country has many well-trained children. We must build a new political center that will not allow any prejudice or political parenthesis to block this field of merit. First a political center, then it will turn into a new political party. After the local elections, the establishment of the party will become a necessity.”
"THE VOTER IS IN SEARCH"
Noting that the 2028 presidential election will resemble the 2002 elections, Ağıralioğlu said:
“There is anger toward the government for why it could not lift the country up despite having so much power, and there is resentment toward the opposition for why it could not take the country despite there being so many problems. I believe that these two will first create disappointment in the voter, then indifference toward politics, and finally a new search. I believe that under the umbrella of the Turkish Nation, Alevis and Sunnis, the religious and the secular, the modern and the traditional will meet, and these classifications will end. We will build a new field of political consciousness where everyone loyal to the state and their nation will align for a strong future if they possess merit.”
"WHAT WILL THE PARTY'S NAME BE?"
Stating that they have not yet determined a name, Ağıralioğlu indicated that they will find a name that “does not ideologically provoke anyone, does not drag them into debates in a vortex of demagoguery, and will be courteous to our ability to build a future for the country.”
"WE WILL BUILD A CENTER"
Explaining that the party he will establish will not stand on the right or the left, and will not be close to the People's Alliance or the Nation Alliance, Ağıralioğlu said, “We will build a new center. The political center has no right or left. I believe that the era of the old politics' parceled-out areas and ideologies is over.”
"MERITORIOUS UNKNOWNS..."
In response to the question, “Who will be in your cadre?”, Ağıralioğlu replied, “All the valuable and famous people that politics has raised so far have brought the country to where it is today. From now on, I will propose meritorious unknowns who are well-trained, qualified, and the best at whatever job they do, to be put at the service of the country.”