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NEW Party organized member-based primaries to determine district heads in Muğla districts. These primaries were planned as an intra-party democratic process and covered a total of 13 districts.
The first results of the NEW Party's district chairmanship primary elections in Muğla have become clear. Tuna Işın was elected in Bodrum, Batuhan Kıloğlu in Menteşe, Yiğitnur Alkaya Özdemir in Milas, Tanju Satulmuş in Köyceğiz, Ege Curacı in Datça and Gürkan Aktaş in Ula.
Member-based primary election ballot boxes were established to determine the district leaders of the NEW Party throughout Muğla. NEW Party Bodrum District Headquarters set up ballot boxes in four different locations in Bodrum in order to facilitate the voting of its members during the primary election process. NEW Party Bodrum Founding District Chairman Tuna Işın, who emerged as the only candidate due to no other candidacy applications, became NEW Party Bodrum District Chairman with 2 thousand 320 votes. It was reported that Bodrum NEW Party District Administration will be formed from 24 principal and 24 substitute members after the primary election.
In addition to Bodrum, NEW Party members in other districts of Muğla went to the polls to determine the district presidents. A total of 21 thousand 547 members are expected to vote in the NEW Party district presidential primaries planned this weekend across Muğla in 13 districts. On Saturday, September 26, Bodrum, Menteşe and Milas primary election results became clear.
Batuhan Kıloğlu and Bahattin Gümüş competed for the district presidency in Menteşe. As a result of the primary election, Batuhan Kıloğlu came first by receiving 1,670 of the 2,757 votes cast in the election in which there were 3,404 registered members. Bahattin Gümüş received 1,021 votes, 66 votes were deemed invalid.
Founder District President Zühra Dönmez and Yiğitnur Alkaya Özdemir competed in the primary election held in Milas. Yiğitnur Alkaya Özdemir came first in the election where there were 2 thousand 474 members. It was reported that Özdemir received 1,372 votes, while Zühra Dönmez received 403 votes. 11 votes were deemed invalid in the election.
In Köyceğiz, NEW Party Founding District Chairman Tanju Satulmuş, in Datça, Founding District Chairman Ege Curacı, and in Ula, Founding District Chairman Gürkan Aktaş entered the primary election as the only candidate and was elected as the district chairman with the support of the members.
With the completion of the election calendar in Dalaman, Marmaris, Kavaklıdere, Ortaca, Yatağan, Fethiye and Seydikemer today, the district heads throughout Muğla will be determined.

NEW Party Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir reacted on his social media account to Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya's request for amnesty from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from all her duties. In the message he shared, Emir stated that the 'we gave heads' show is over, accountability will increase and the account of the morsel stolen from the nation's crop cannot be covered by sacrificing one seat.

In his post on his social media account, AK Party Deputy Chairman Kaya stated that President Erdoğan showed a clear and determined will on the relevant issue and said that he wanted the allegations against him to be clarified.

Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya made news in September 2026 with allegations against the stock market and investment funds. Allegedly, Kaya and her husband Dr. İlyas Kaya made high profits in a short time from the shares of publicly offered companies and made a fund outflow. Kaya was born in Istanbul on January 31, 1981, graduated from Bilkent University and Istanbul University, served as the Minister of Family and Social Policies between 2016 and 2018 and is currently a member of the AKP Central Decision and Executive Board.

AK Party Deputy Chairman Kaya announced in his social media post that President Erdoğan stated that the relevant allegations should be investigated in all aspects and that he took his own responsibility and asked for amnesty from his duties.

AK Party Deputy Chairman Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, in her statement on her social media account, stated that the President's allegations should be investigated and said that she took her own responsibility and asked for pardon from her duties.
AK Party Deputy Chairman Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya made a statement about the allegations against her and announced that she asked President Erdoğan to pardon all the duties she held. He stated that he found it necessary to take political responsibility.