Statement from Mansur Yavaş about the Resignation Process from CHP

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş explained the process that led to his resignation from the 'absolute nullity'-led Republican People's Party.

Yavaş stated that he decided to resign after the statement of Faik Öztrak, the group leader of the CHP under Butlan, and that he prepared the resignation text, and said, "However, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu called me and said, 'He asked me not to worry about these things', so I gave up. I did not tear up the text like that, but I can say that I put it on the shelf. However, after Müslim Bey's statements, my decision changed and I decided to resign."

MEANINGFUL ANSWER TO THE 'AKP' QUESTION

According to Aytunç Erkin from Nefes newspaper, Yavaş said, "You met with President Erdoğan in Beştepe on September 9. Will you switch to AKP?" Yavaş answered the question, "Look at those sentences in my resignation letter."

The following statements were included in the resignation text regarding the issue:

"When people go to the polls, they vote not only for a name but also for a political will. For this reason, I did not find it right to ignore the will of the voters and to move the positions obtained with their votes to political addresses that the voters did not approve of, and I do not find it right today. Loyalty to the will of the voters is the honor of politics."

Erkin wrote that Yavaş would not join the AKP and said that he received answers to some questions on the condition that he did not write them down.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş did not attend the ceremony organized by the Butlan administration on the 103rd anniversary of the founding of CHP on September 9. Yavaş went to the same Beştepe and met with AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

In his statement on September 10, Yavaş said, "What we need today is not to open new fronts. What we need today is to maintain the ground that will allow us to sit around the same table again when the time comes. I am trying to protect that ground. If this attitude of mine is seen as a cause of discomfort by the headquarters of both parties, I will not hesitate to do what is necessary."

In his speech on September 11, CHP Group Chairman Faik Öztrak said, "CHP is not a party that can act by threats and intimidation. Apart from this, I leave the appreciation of Mr. Yavaş's statement to our nation."