NEW Party Ataşehir District Headquarters was opened in the evening. NEW Party Istanbul Provincial Chairman Özgür Çelik, YENİ Party Istanbul Deputy Ali Gökçek, YENİ Party Ataşehir District Chairman Atakan Anıl Dizdaroğlu and party members attended the opening. Özgür Çelik made a speech after Dizdaroğlu and Gökçek at the opening ceremony in Silivri, where the photograph of the imprisoned Presidential candidate, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality President Ekrem İmamoğlu was also present.
Stating that they have been displaying a great resistance in the squares of Istanbul for two years, Çelik thanked the people of Ataşehir and the party members who contributed to this struggle for their support. "I am very honored and happy to fight for Türkiye's democracy together with you," said Çelik.
"HONORARY NAME IS OUR HONOR"
"We would like to wholeheartedly thank our members of the parliament, who supported the will of the people of Ataşehir with their honorable stance, especially while trying to subvert the will of the people of Ataşehir in the election of deputy president. And of course, we will send a greeting from here after the thanks. Our brother Mehmet is here, our mother Nezahat is here; the mother and father of our Honorary Adıgüzel president are among us right now. Honorary Adıgüzel worked in the youth branches of the party, served as a member of parliament in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and made very important services and contributions to our country at a young age. A very valuable companion of ours who served as a Member of Parliament and won the Ataşehir Municipality at a young age. From here to Silivri prison, let's send a strong greeting to our Honorary Adıgüzel president, our vice presidents and all our bureaucrats. "
"ELECTED MAYORS CANNOT BE PERSECUTED"
Operations were carried out against our mayors at 16 points in Istanbul. Our traveling companions, who should not have been in prison even for a day, were arrested unfairly and unlawfully, and we are living in a period where our friends are punished in advance with very long periods of detention. Our Ataşehir Mayor Onursal Adıgüzel and our companions were arrested 5 months ago. They have been detained for 5 months. Currently, 6 of our friends are detained. There has been no indictment written for 5 months, there has been no indictment for 5 months. Our friends are still in prison without knowing what they are accused of. There were areas in other districts where indictments were not written for 10 months, 11 months, 12 months. This cannot happen, elected mayors cannot be subjected to this cruelty. We hereby call out to the authorities and those concerned: The indictment of Ataşehir Municipality should be written as soon as possible. Our honorary president Adıgüzel, our companions must defend themselves and after their defense we know and are 100 percent sure that they are right. "Our friends must come and return to their duties."
"THE NATION FOUNDED THE NEW PARTY, THE NATION CREATED ITS BUDGET"
Çelik, who paused his speech due to the call to prayer, continued as follows:
"The NEW Party was born out of necessity. Sometimes they ask us, "Wouldn't it be possible if you didn't leave?" All Ataşehir residents know this, but through you, all our citizens should also know this: We did not leave anywhere. While I was on duty, the Istanbul provincial building was entered with 5 thousand police officers. We did not leave again, we said 'we are on our duty'. Then... The headquarters of the Republican People's Party was entered with rubber bullets and gas bombs. Our Chairman Mr. Özgür Özel started a big march to the Turkish Grand National Assembly with his white shirt and said 'I am on my duty'. Then we realized that while we were on duty, in the office of our provincial building, we heard a breaking news saying 'Özgür Çelik was expelled from the party'. We said again, 'We are on our duty'. Then we entered the e-Government system; Our membership record has been deleted from the Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. Then our MPs were expelled from the party, our party council members were expelled from the party and the headquarters of the Republican People's Party was entered, and a political party is being tried to be designed by the judiciary. Our Chairman, Mr. Özgür Özel, also started a big march against these practices. The nation was with him on that walk. The nation founded the NEW Party, the nation created its budget, and the nation gave its name.
NEW Party was founded as a result of efforts to design politics through the judiciary in Türkiye. NEW Party was established to eliminate the evil intentions of those who want to suspend democracy in Türkiye, to kidnap the ballot box from the nation, to leave our citizens in Türkiye without a choice, and to offer the nation an option. My dear elders, dear friends; NEW Party is not the opposition party of Türkiye, NEW Party is the first party of Türkiye, NEW Party is the ruling party of Türkiye.
All our companions should know this: As the NEW Party, we will of course talk about Türkiye's problems; Of course, we will talk about the problems of retirees, laborers, workers and civil servants; We will talk about the problems in education, health and justice. However, the NEW Party is not a political party that only talks about problems, the NEW Party is a political party that talks about solutions."
"WE WILL BUILD A DEMOCRATIC TURKEY"
Recalling the promises they made to the nation, as stated by NEW Party Chairman Özgür Özel, Özgür Çelik said the following on this subject:
"-We will build a democratic Türkiye. We will ensure the separation of powers, ensure the independence of the judiciary, ensure freedom of the press, and strengthen intra-party democracy. We will dominate a Türkiye where political parties can compete with each other on equal terms.
-We will bring justice to these lands. We will ensure justice both in the court corridors, but not only in the court corridors; We will ensure justice in access to education, we will ensure justice in access to health. Today, in Türkiye, if a citizen earns a minimum wage of 28 thousand liras, if a civil servant earns a salary of 60 thousand - 70 thousand liras, if he has 3 children and does not have money to buy notebooks for his children; If another citizen's monthly income is 500 thousand TL or 1 million, if he sends his child to private teaching institutions separately, if private teachers come to his home separately, if we then put the child of a citizen living on 28 thousand TL and the child of a citizen with a monthly income of 500 thousand TL - 1 million to take an exam on the same day, at the same time, in the same class, with the same questions, this is not justice. That's where the social state should step in. It should be able to offer an educational opportunity to the child of a low-income citizen. The state should make an effort to bring children from high-income families and low-income families together on an equal footing. We say that we will ensure justice in these lands; "We will ensure justice in the court corridor, in access to education, in access to health, in taxes, in income distribution and in all areas of life."
"WE WILL MAKE A STRONG Türkiye DOMINATE IN THESE LANDS"
-We will make a strong Türkiye dominant in these lands. We will realize a Türkiye that produces in agriculture, technology and industry. We will launch a development mobilization and end unemployment. And we say that we will make a strong Türkiye dominant in its region and strengthen Türkiye's defense industry. We will make our country an honorable country in foreign policy, with Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's motto 'Peace at home, peace in the world'.
-We will make a Türkiye dominant that leaves no one behind. We will not leave behind our presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu in Silivri, nor will we leave behind our prisoner companions, nor will we leave behind the low-income families living in this country. Housewives work and strive inside the house; They have neither social security nor income. We will ensure that housewives have access to social security and we will take steps to support housewives. We will increase the support provided to families of disabled people. We will provide disadvantaged groups with the opportunities they need to live healthy lives by implementing the social state.
-We will make a Türkiye dominant where the authorities are entrusted. Shall I tell you something? Whatever happened to this country happened because of those who did not want to leave their seats, is it true? It came because of those who did not want to leave their seats. We will implement the period rule. After a certain period of time, people will elect to transfer their duties to other people. There is no such thing as 'you lost in the congress, I will come back with a judicial decision'. No, 'you lost in the election, you became the second party in the 2024 elections, I would like to design politics with the help of the judiciary'. These positions are entrusted to us by the nation. We will make a Türkiye dominant where the authorities are entrusted to us. And we will expand these seven promises to our nation with a government program and share them with the Turkish public soon under the leadership of our Chairman, Mr. Özgür Özel.
"STEP TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY WITHIN THE PARTY"
Çelik, who also gave information about the election process within the party, concluded his speech as follows:
"Finally, my district president underlined another important point. He said: 'Our members will elect the district presidents on September 26,' he said, 'a revolutionary development.' He said, 'Members will elect the provincial presidents in October.' He said, 'Members will elect the chairman in November.' Yes, we wholeheartedly thank our Chairman, Mr. Özgür Özel, for this revolutionary step that will strengthen democracy within the party. Now, I want a word from you. District presidency on the 26th, provincial presidential election in October... I want a promise from you now. By the way, I won't ask you to vote for Atakan or me. I already know that you will support the youth. I already know that you will all vote for me if I become a candidate in the provincial presidential election. I want another promise from you.
We currently have 5 thousand members in Ataşehir, above the Istanbul average. After leaving here today, I want you to say this: After leaving here today, will each of our companions recruit 10 of their neighbors to the NEW Party? Those who say I promise this, raise your hand. There is another party member behind, even he is planning to recruit 10 members to the NEW Party, well done. President, we now have a goal to increase the number of our members in Istanbul to 500 thousand in our first year. In this respect, your promise is very important. President, are we increasing the number of our members in Ataşehir to 10 thousand as soon as possible? In how much time? In the shortest term... 2 months. We are doubling the number of our members in Ataşehir within 2 months. My dear elders, dear friends; With these feelings and thoughts, I greet you all with respect and love. Congratulations to our Ataşehir New Party district building. "May our path be clear, may our path be bright."
