
After the absolute nullity decision against the CHP, some mayors remained in the CHP, while some moved to the NEW Party and AKP.
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Following the absolute nullity decision against CHP, there is a process in which mayors change parties.
It was a matter of curiosity what the mayors would do after the absolute nullity decision against CHP. While some mayors said they would stay in the CHP, paying attention to the balance in the municipal councils, some quickly switched to the NEW Party.
NEW Party Spokesperson Zeynel Emre stated that the number of mayors who joined the party at the beginning of September increased to 252. Yeni Party's Deputy Chairman Responsible for Local Governments, Yaşar Tüzün, stated that they expect this number to exceed 300.
Since May 21, when the crisis broke out in CHP, 12 mayors have joined the AKP. In this context, Tuzla Mayor Eren Ali Bingöl, who resigned from CHP after the ban, Çekmeköy Mayor Orhan Çerkez, Şile Deputy Mayor Sacit Terzi, Ankara Gölbaşı Mayor Yakup Odabaşı, Kahramankazan Mayor Selim Çırpanoğlu, Haymana Mayor Levent Koç, Keçiören Mayor Mesut Özarslan, Keşan Mayor Mehmet Özcan, Kütahya Domaniç Mayor Engin. Uysal and Çanakkale Eceabat Mayor Saim Zileli joined the AKP.
Tekirdağ Hayrabolu Mayor Tuncer Başoğlu, who resigned from the CHP in 2025 and remained independent for a while, was among the names who joined the AKP in August. The last name to join the AKP was Foça Mayor Saniye Bora Fıçı. Fıçı attended the meeting of women mayors at the AKP Headquarters yesterday. Fıç was also included in the photo taken by female mayors with President Erdoğan.
WHO PASSED BEFORE BUTLAN?
The names who joined the AKP before Butlan were listed as follows:
Özlem Çerçioğlu - Mayor of Aydın Metropolitan Municipality
Umut Yılmaz - Mayor of Şehitkamil
Mustafa Güzel - Mayor of Carchemish
Mustafa İberya Arıkan - Mayor of Söke
Malik Ercan - Mayor of Yenipazar
Osman Yıldırımkaya - Mayor of Sultanhisar
Yasemin Çokca - Mayor of Altınova
Hasan Ustaoğlu - Mayor of Seydişehir
Gökhan Budak - Mayor of Göle
Hamit Tutuş - Mayor of Hasankeyf
İsa Yıldırım - Mayor of Aksu
Hasan Turgut - Mayor of Karalar Town
Şerif Öncül - Mayor of Ashdağul Town
Kadir Kumbul - Mayor of Serik
Burcu Köksal - Mayor of Afyonkarahisar
Veysel Topçu - Mayor of Dinar
Özlem Vural Gürzel - Deputy Mayor of Beykoz
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The number of mayors joining the NEW Party is expected to exceed 300
Possible · Within months

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