31 municipal council members in Şişli resigned from CHP

31 municipal council members in Şişli Municipality, which went under trustee rule after the elected mayor Resul Emrah Şahan was arrested and suspended from office, announced that they resigned from the CHP.

The following statements were used in the statement:

"As the 31 municipal council members who were elected from the Republican People's Party list with the votes of the people of Şişli and have formed the CHP group so far, we would like to inform the public that all of us have resigned from the party.

The detention of our Elected Mayor Resul Emrah Şahan and the appointment of a trustee to Şişli Municipality is a clear intervention against the will of the people. The elimination of the will of members in political parties through absolute nullity decisions is a continuation of the same intervention. Kayyum and nullity are two different applications of the same approach targeting democratic will.

Our detained mayors, especially our Mayor Resul Emrah Şahan, carry the authority given by the nation as a trust under all circumstances. The vote given by the people of Şişli to us is a trust that must be carried with the same responsibility. It is not possible for us to represent this trust under a government that does not derive its legitimacy from democratic will.

We will continue the representation authority we received from the people of Şişli, on the legitimate basis of democratic politics and by defending the will of the people.

We will continue to stand by democracy and the will of the people against trustees and nullifiers.

Our mandate is our responsibility."