İYİ Party Istanbul MP Nimet Özdemir resigns

İYİ Party Istanbul MP Nimet Özdemir has resigned.

In a statement made on social media, Özdemir said the following:

"I have left the İYİ Party, which was the starting point of my political life and for whose values I have fought a great struggle, because I have severed my emotional bond with it.

As an MP, I am aware that I am not only the representative of those who elected me or the citizens in my constituency, but the representative of all of Turkey.

I know that I entered this race to fight for solutions for our young girls leaving orphanages, our women who have to be both mother and father, our disabled citizens, and our stray animals, and that I won my seat as an MP through this cause.

Rest assured that I will continue my work to find solutions to the problems our citizens face, especially regarding the four topics I promised.

What is important to me is to defend my values and beliefs without compromising them. In my future life as an MP, I will continue to work with all my strength in line with these principles. I will not let those who voted for me down."

To the public;

I have left the İYİ Party, which was the starting point of my political life and for whose values I have fought a great struggle, because I have severed my emotional bond with it.

As an MP, I am aware that I am not only the representative of those who elected me or the citizens in my constituency, but the representative of all of Turkey…

— Nimet Özdemir (@nimetozdemir34) July 24, 2024

HOW MANY MPS DID THE İYİ PARTY ELECT? HOW MANY HAVE RESIGNED?

The İYİ Party won 44 seats in the Parliament with 9.69 percent of the vote in the Presidential and 28th Term Parliamentary General Elections.

With Özdemir's resignation, the number of İYİ Party MPs has fallen to 32.

While three MPs changed parties, one MP was expelled, and eight MPs resigned to become independents.

THOSE WHO CHANGED PARTIES

The first resignation in the İYİ Party began on November 2, 2023, with İYİ Party Eskişehir MP İdris Nebi Hatipoğlu's move to the AKP.

On December 6, 2023, İYİ Party Istanbul MP Ayşe Sibel Yanıkömeroğlu announced that she had resigned from her party. On April 24, 2024, Özgür Özel announced at the CHP group meeting that Ayşe Sibel Yanıkömeroğlu had joined the CHP.

On May 31, 2024, İYİ Party Antalya MP Aykut Kaya announced that he had resigned from his party. On June 4, 2024, Özgür Özel announced at the CHP group meeting that Aykut Kaya had joined the CHP.

THOSE EXPELLED

On December 5, 2023, Ümit Dikbayır of the İYİ Party was expelled from his party.

THOSE WHO LEFT THEIR PARTIES TO BECOME INDEPENDENTS

Adnan Beker on November 16, 2023, Salim Ensarioğlu on December 15, 2023, Yüksel Arslan on December 21, 2023, Bilal Bilici on May 15, 2024, Seyithan İzsiz on June 14, 2024, Koray Aydın on June 27, 2024, Ahmet Ersagun Yücel on July 22, 2024, and Nimet Özdemir on July 24, 2024, resigned from the İYİ Party to become independent MPs.

News Source: 12punto