YENİ Party Group Deputy Chairman Ali Mahir Başarır responded to the claim published about him that he "requested to be relieved of his duties" with a statement on his social media account.
In reports featured in some media outlets close to the government, it was alleged that Başarır had conveyed his desire to step down from his position as group deputy chairman during a meeting with YENİ Party Chairman Özgür Özel.
Başarır rejected the claim in question, stating that the news did not reflect the truth.
In his statement, Başarır emphasized that a "resignation process" is how things work in his party, and associated the phrase "requesting to be relieved" with the political language of the AKP.
A piece of news where not even a single word is true! In the YENİ party, a resignation process is what works; requesting to be relieved is a gift from the AKP to the political lexicon!
News Source: 12punto
