Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu made remarkable statements about the debates within the Republican People's Party (CHP) in a video posted on his social media account.
As the process known in the public as the “absolute nullity” case continues to be examined on appeal, Kılıçdaroğlu called on the CHP to “purify” again.
To the conscientious, patriotic and noble citizens of this beautiful country... pic.twitter.com/LNuLp2AVHU
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (@kilicdarogluk) May 20, 2026
“Polluted politics first rots the conscience”
“My dear friends, my brave companions and fellow travelers and noble citizens of this beautiful country with a conscience...
The future of a nation is shaped by the wisdom, conscience and morality of politics. The halal tables of the nation are blessed with clean politics. Because dirty politics first corrodes the conscience, then destroys morality and finally sets its eyes on the nation's bread.
That is why keeping politics clean and bringing abundance to the nation's table is a debt of honor for everyone who does politics in this country. My friends, this heavy responsibility is the duty of the Republican People's Party members before and more than anyone else.
“The trust cannot be defiled, the trust cannot be desecrated”
“Secondly, the Republican People's Party is a huge tree. It is the will of this nation to rise up out of poverty. It has seen coups, it has not bowed down. It was shut down, it did not surrender. It has been subjected to oppression, but it has never kneeled down or surrendered.
The Republican People's Party is a spirit whose founder is the great leader Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and on which the independence will of our nation is manifested. This spirit cannot be betrayed. The Republican People's Party is not an inheritance left to us, but a sacred trust left to us. The trust cannot be defiled, the trust cannot be desecrated.”
“Your slanders and threats are nothing”
Brothers and sisters, in the shadow of this great plane tree, there can be no refuge for haram and pollution. It knows how to purify itself when necessary, it does its internal accounting, but it will not turn from its path. Because this march is a march to power, a march to restore the people's hope.
There are those who expect me to shut up or say something else. Listen to me well: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu does not negotiate the interests of the nation and his party for his own personal gain. He will be ground a thousand times and blossom a thousand times, but he will not bend or twist.
Your slanders and threats are futile. I tell the truth, I stand by the truth. Look, no one would ever expect Mr. Kemal, who has devoted more than 70 years of his life to this people's fight for justice, who has never eaten a single illicit morsel and whose only legacy he will leave to his children is his fight for morality, to say anything else.
Let our minds not follow our ego, let our path not deviate from honesty, and let our conscience be our guide. Peace be with you, my dear fellow citizens.