The controversy that started when Adnan Beker, who was an MP for the National Alliance partner İyi Party in the general elections but did not vote for the alliance's presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and said he voted for his rival Erdoğan, joined the CHP continues.
CHP MP Oğuz Kaan Salıcı had recently reacted to Beker's joining the CHP, saying, “The CHP badge cannot be reduced to a peddler's badge.”.
CHP Chairman Özgür Özel responded to these criticisms in a broadcast he attended today.
Without naming names, Özel targeted Salıcı and said, “The friends who were upset about Adnan Beker's arrival did not say anything on May 14th when CHP lists were passed and who came and went. The friend who held the pen in his hand when 39 deputies were given that day turns around and criticizes Adnan Beker's arrival from the other side.”.