Crisis in İYİ Party: Dervişoğlu called for resignation, Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba left

There is no calm between Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba and his party, who resigned from the AK Party in 2022 and joined the İYİ Party, whose badge was worn by the then Chairman Meral Akşener.

Finally, Fakıbaba argued that he could not agree with his party on some issues, especially the terror-free Türkiye process; He used the following statements:

"I expressed my opposition within the party. I have been a liberal person since my youth. They cannot wash blood with blood, they burn it with water. When I joined the İYİ Party, I did not say 'How happy is the one who says I am a Turk'. I said 'I am a Turkish nationalist'. I believe that the process of a terror-free Turkey will result positively. If it does not, the state will do what is necessary. I am in support of the peace process."

İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu published a harsh message on his social media account after Fakıbaba's words.

"There is no place among us for someone who cannot say 'How happy is the one who says I am a Turk'." Showing his reaction, Dervişoğlu said, "As a requirement of political honor, I wish him to re-display the attitude he took when resigning from the AK Party and which was appreciated by us, and I expect his resignation from our party and from his parliamentary position." He called on the MP to resign.

Fakıbaba, who made a statement on his social media account after Dervişoğlu's call, announced that he resigned from both his party and his post as Ankara Deputy.

Fakıbaba used the following statements in his post:

"I would like to respectfully inform the public that I have resigned from IYI Party membership, in line with the request of our esteemed Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu, and from my duty as Ankara Member of Parliament, in accordance with my understanding of political ethics."

Fakıbaba was in Dervişoğlu's A Team. Therefore, all eyes turned to the next step of the MP who serves as the Deputy Chairman of Health Policies. Although it was rumored behind the scenes that Fakıbaba would return to the AK Party, the politician responded to these allegations by saying, "I do not have such a decision right now." It was learned that he said.

After Fakıbaba's resignation, the distribution of seats in the Turkish Grand National Assembly also changed.

The number of seats of the İYİ Party, which had 27 seats in the Parliament, dropped to 26 after Fakıbaba left.