Bahçeli: Is it Yavaş's resignation or the President's UN speech that is being overshadowed?

Published 23 Sept, 22:23 Updated 24 Sept, 06:16 Photo: Cumhuriyet

This story is from 23 September 2026.

Latest in the series Yavaş describes CHP resignation process, signals he will not join AK Party 3 Oct, 10:14

MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli asked whether television broadcasts about Mansur Yavaş's resignation were overshadowing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's UN speech and US visit.

In a message sent to Bengü Türk, Bahçeli asked whether the resignation broadcasts were seen as 'a very important issue for Türkiye' or whether they overshadowed the President's speech at the United Nations and his political contacts in the US.

Bahçeli: Is it Yavaş's resignation or the President's UN speech that is being overshadowed?

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Mansur Yavaş's Resignation From CHP News Series

Where it began 23 Sept 2026 Mansur Yavaş resigns from CHP, district mayors in Ankara also leave

3 Oct 2026 10:14 Yavaş describes CHP resignation process, signals he will not join AK Party Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş described his resignation process from the CHP to Nefes newspaper. Asked "Will you join the AK Party?", he replied, "Look at those sentences in my resignation text."
26 Sept 2026 11:11 CHP officials say Yavaş could return Following the resignation of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş from the CHP, party officials said Yavaş could return to the party in the future.
24 Sept 2026 03:53 Mansur Yavaş Resigns from CHP Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş announced he has ended his CHP membership. Yavaş said he will continue his political work independently.
24 Sept 2026 16:40 30 members resign from CHP in Ankara council Thirty members resigned from CHP in the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Assembly, reducing the party's assembly seats to 11. Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş had left the party on September 23, followed by district mayors.
23 Sept 2026 22:23 Bahçeli: Is it Yavaş's resignation or the President's UN speech that is being overshadowed? MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli asked whether television broadcasts about Mansur Yavaş's resignation were overshadowing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's UN speech and US visit.