President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pinned badges on 9 mayors joining the AK Party at the Expanded Provincial Chairs Meeting. The mayors switched from CHP, the New Welfare Party and the İYİ Party.
From CHP, Çerkezköy Mayor Vahap Akay, Çiğli Mayor Onur Emrah Yıldız, Elmalı Mayor Halil Öztürk, Şenkaya Mayor Görbil Özcan and Marmara Mayor Aydın Dinçer joined the AK Party. Three mayors from New Welfare and one from the İYİ Party also switched.