At the CHP MYK meeting yesterday, 5 mayors, including Konyaaltı Mayor Cem Kotan and Alanya Mayor Osman Tarık Özçelik, were referred to discipline with a request for definitive expulsion. In his statement yesterday, CHP Party Spokesperson Müslim Sarı said, "Being a member of the Republican People's Party and working for another political party is a clear disciplinary offense. No one can be in the Republican People's Party and call the chairman of another political party 'I am the chairman'. What is moral and ethical is for our friends who think this way to part ways with the party. What is immoral is to stand with one foot in and one foot out. This is unsustainable, no institution can accept this. At the point we have reached this week, some decisions regarding our 5 mayors "We had to take it," he said.
Konyaaltı Mayor Cem Kotan announced that he resigned from CHP in his statement. Kotan made the following statements in his statement on his virtual media account:
"The reason for my referral to discipline is that I called the Chairman of our New Party, Özgür Özel, 'My Chairman' and attended the congresses held in our city. I reject this understanding and do not accept it being considered a crime. Politics has ethical rules. I have not and will not act outside these ethical rules. I find the accusations against me meaningless for reasons that contradict reason and logic, and as of today, I resign from the membership of the Republican People's Party. My love is not the authorities, but Konyaaltı. My case is "It is not to separate, but to unite. My biggest responsibility is to serve this beautiful district you entrusted to me."
BRAWLE IN KONYAALTI ASSEMBLY AFTER RESIGNATION
Konyaaltı Mayor Cem Kotan announced that he resigned from his party in the morning after he was referred to discipline by the CHP Central Executive Board (MYK) with the request of 'final expulsion'. Mayor Kotan, who attended the October Ordinary Assembly Meeting after his resignation from CHP, took the floor to speak after the wishes and wishes of the group spokesmen. He did not speak to CHP council member Hür Diren Dağ, who interrupted Kotan while he was about to speak and asked for a word. Thereupon, Dağ reacted by saying, "There is no such world."
Meanwhile, when someone in the audience reacted to the situation, things suddenly became chaotic. Hür Diren Dağ left the council meeting after this incident. Kotan tried to calm down the fight between CHP and New Party members who attended the meeting as spectators. Meanwhile, Kotan reacted to AK Party council member Özkan Avcıoğlu, who wanted to speak, by not speaking and saying, "You are making things tense." When an argument broke out between Kotan and Avcıoğlu, the council meeting was interrupted. Many CHP group members did not attend the meeting, which continued after the break.
'ALL THESE GUYS CARE ABOUT IS POLITICS'
Speaking at the meeting that started again, Mayor Cem Kotan said, "When the mayor starts the agenda, our council members do not have the opportunity to interrupt the mayor. If they want to speak, but it is not on the agenda, they ask for permission from the Presidency. If that permission is given, they will speak, friends. First, they will learn how to serve in the institution they are in and how to ask for a speech. If they do not know, we will teach them, do not worry. These friends are all about doing politics. What happened that they suddenly turned upside down and displayed aggressive attitudes?" "Friends, a mayor cannot be interrupted while he is speaking. Bullying cannot be done by hitting the table. That's why I regretfully condemn them," he said.
Speaking about his resignation, Kotan said, "There was a statement from the CHP and we learned that we were referred to discipline with a request for expulsion. The reason is that I was referred to discipline because I called the New Party Chairman, Mr. Özgür Özel, 'our Chairman' at the district congresses of the New Party to which I was invited. I say it again, our Chairman, Özgür Özel. I do not accept any of the accusations made against me, and they are not in line with reason and logic. This is just something that is being done consciously to push us away. As soon as I took office, I said 'We are "A will that says 'we will embrace each other, we will ensure unity' will not dismiss nearly 40 provincial presidents. I'm sorry, I reject this logic and this will and I resign from the CHP," he said.
