
İYİ Party Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu called on Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba, who could not say "How happy I am a Turk", to resign.
After İYİ Party's Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba stated that he could not agree with the terrorism-free Türkiye process and the party's views, Chairman Müsavat Dervişoğlu invited the member of parliament to resign from the party and his membership.
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Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba resigned from the AK Party and joined the İYİ Party in 2022.
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.
HE WAS IN DERVİŞOĞLU'S A TEAM
Fakıbaba is still 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.
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