YRP Deputy Chairman Sacit Günbey evaluates his party's local election success for 12punto: 'We did not work to make the AKP lose'

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The New Welfare Partywon 5 seats in the general elections despite being founded in 2018. In the subsequent 2024 localelections, it became the third-largest party in Turkey and won the Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality and Yozgat Municipality, which were seen as AKP strongholds. The fact that the CHP won as a result of the AKP losing votes has been attributed to this success of the YRP. New Welfare Party Deputy Chairman Prof. Dr. Sacit Günbeyevaluated the matter for 12punto.com.tr.

"WE COULD HAVE WON MORE PLACES"

New Welfare Party Deputy Chairman Prof. Dr. Sacit Günbey, regarding the 2024 local election results, heHe evaluated it as follows:

"We could have won more places. We thought there was such an opportunityI personally expected it. However, we welcomed it very positively, of course; it is a good result. we achieved. For five years wehave reaped the rewards of our work. We praise our Lord, weare verygrateful.we say."

"EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T HAVE A HELICOPTER..."

His expectation was muchSacit Günbey, who said he is from Turkey, stated, "We "Because for five years, we have completed our organization very well. From our organizations, weeven to thewitnesses, they wereprepared for the election. Thus We received the rewards of our efforts. When you work hard, God Almighty helps and the nation gives its vote. In other words, we followed a good election strategy. Our chairman is a greHe visited every province he could reach despite all the impossibilities. Even though he did not have a helicopter, he flew to every province he could reach despite all the impossibilities. Even though he did not have a helicopter, he flwithout using mind or easy transportationmeans, almost nosingle daypassedhe traveled without wasting time. Therefore, our expectation was entirelyi t was high in the country, that is.""WE MAY HAVE ALSO RECEIVED VOTES FROM THE CHP BASE"

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lectionRegarding the comments that the YRP caused the AKP to lose and the CHP to win in the elections, Günbey responded as follows:

"To say that all of our votes came from the AKPis to sWe cannot say that. Because voter turnout It was not very high. Twenty-two percent of the country did not participate in the election. At least 4 percent of the votes were also invalidated. Therefore, more than 25 percent of the voting public could not reflect their votes at the ballot box. Those who cannot reflect the AKP'selectorate might be. In other words, we did not just receive votes from the AKP.

We received votes from various parties. For example, after us, morelowparties that received a certain percentage of voteshavedissolved, and parties that have been around for forty or fifty years havereceived certain votes. We may have received votes from them as well. We may have also received votes from the CHP base. In other words, the nation's favorWehav e won. WeWe may have received votes from all segments.

'WE DID NOT WORK TO MAKE THE AKP LOSE'

Günbey stated that to make the AKP lose regarding the claim that they fielded candidates, he spoke as follows:follows:

"We are a political party. To make the AKP losewe did not work." We have not carried out such work. We entered political life 5 years ago within the framework of a program. We are not a party established to target the AKP or any other party. We are already a party with an ideology and a fundamental political mission."

Günbey responded as follows to questions about whether the party would have fielded candidates if the AKP had accepted the YRP's conditions:

"THEY APPLIED PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURE"

They applied a lot of pressure, applied excessive psychological pressure. The public son it and the party constantlycreated tension. Our chairman said, 'Since you are so insistent, go ahead and do these things so we can see.' They did not do them; perhaps if these conditions had been met, we would have withdrawn our candidates ocould have planted. These are for society for the world for peace were positive conditions. Therefore, it was said, 'If you can meet these conditions, go ahead and do it.'

“WE ANNOUNCED OUR CANDIDATE DUE TO GREAT PRESSURE”

Hukumet, stating that the goal was not to do good things just to get votes, Günbey concluded with the following:

“To take by force itopsychologically make uspowerless andbringthey wanted to do. When we didn't do them, we ended up entering the election anyway. We did not enter the election with conditions; there was no such conditioning as 'if you do this, we will enter, if you do that, we won't.' When there was a lot of pressure and tension was created upon us, we announced our candiexplained. In fact, certain people were brought onto television programs. How they were found and how they were broughtout is another matter entirely. These people essentially created a form of mobbing against our base.” 

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