YENİ Party leader Özgür Özel called Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş, who resigned from CHP, to congratulate him. Özel said they respect the decisions of municipal leaders.
Speaking after a meeting with Key Party leader Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, Özel stated that they did not force the mayors who resigned into any political choice. Yavaş and 8 district mayors had resigned.