It has been reported that Murat Karayalçın has resigned from the CHP and joined the YENİ Party

It has been reported that former Deputy Prime Minister and former SHP Chairman Murat Karayalçın has left the CHP and become a member of the YENİ Party.

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It has been reported that Murat Karayalçın has resigned from the CHP and joined the YENİ Party

It has been reported that former Deputy Prime Minister and former Chairman of the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) Murat Karayalçın has resigned from the Republican People's Party (CHP) and joined the YENİ Party.

Karayalçın had visited YENİ Party Chairman Özgür Özel at his office in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) on August 18, 2026.

Responding to journalists' questions about the agenda of the meeting following the visit, Karayalçın had stated, "I came to embrace. I just came to say hello." Karayalçın had also mentioned during the same period that they were working on the party's bylaws.

It was also reported that Karayalçın had visited Özel at the YENİ Party Headquarters in recent weeks.

News Source: 12punto