9 mayors join AK Party as Erdoğan pins badges

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.

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30 Sept 2026 11:19 Nine mayors and six council members join AK Party Nine district mayors and six CHP members of Ataşehir Municipal Council joined the AK Party at yesterday's badge ceremony. Five of the mayors had been elected from CHP, three from the New Welfare Party and one from İYİ Party.

29 Sept 2026 18:24 9 mayors join AK Party as Erdoğan pins badges 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.

29 Sept 2026 16:41 9 mayors from 3 parties to join AK Party Nine mayors, 5 from the CHP, 3 from the New Welfare Party and 1 from the İYİ Party, are expected to join the AK Party at today's ceremony.

25 Sept 2026 14:48 CHP's Sarı asks whether the 39 mayors Özel selected joined AK Party CHP spokesperson Müslim Sarı asked YENİ Party leader Özgür Özel whether he would engage in self-criticism, saying, "The 39 mayors you selected have joined AK Party." Sarı also made statements regarding the fund crisis.

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