Reactions against the normalization policies pursued during \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel's term have also increased demands for a new congress within the party.
\n\u00d6zel's answers to these demands have sparked new debates.
\nFirst, on November 6, 2024, \u00d6zel told the press, \u2019People don't want to hear about congresses, delegates, elections, primaries, blah, blah, blah from the CHP.\u201c On November 8, he first said, \u201dI will continue to shake Erdo\u011fan's hand,\u201c and then made the following statement that started the real debate: \u201dLet no one beg me for a convention at the expense of the party's vote. Let those who have the power go to the convention.\u201c.<\/p>\n
CHP Istanbul MP and PM member O\u011fuz Kaan Sal\u0131c\u0131 responded to \u00d6zel's remarks with a post on his Twitter account, saying, \u201cA convention is not a favor, it is a right.\u201d.
\nHowever, party spokesperson Deniz Y\u00fccel responded harshly to Sal\u0131c\u0131's criticism. In his statement, Y\u00fccel used expressions such as \u201csheer arrogance and rabid ambition\u201d against Sal\u0131c\u0131, which escalated the debate. This was followed by statements from many party members in support of both Sal\u0131c\u0131 and \u00d6zel.<\/p>\n
\u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel, who was instrumental in the growth of the debate with his statement, made a new statement to Izmir yesterday.
\nReferring to the ongoing polemic, \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel said, \u201cAs the Chairman of the Republican People's Party, I am ending this debate. From now on, no one from the Republican People's Party should keep the party and the public busy with such introspective agendas. I apologize on behalf of all those who are right and wrong in the discussions, without saying right and wrong. They should leave these unnecessary discussions aside from now on.\u201d.<\/p>\n
Although \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel said that he ended the debate as the chairman, the criticism did not end. CHP Bursa MP and PM Member Orhan Sar\u0131bal made a new statement today, November 10, 2024. In a statement on his Twitter account, Sar\u0131bal supported Sal\u0131c\u0131 and criticized both \u00d6zel and party spokesperson Deniz Y\u00fccel. The following statements stood out in the statement: \u201cThe discomfort expressed by O\u011fuz Kaan Sal\u0131c\u0131 of course reflects a concern felt by many party members. However, in response to this concern, the extremely impolite attitude of our spokesperson Deniz Y\u00fccel is detrimental to the deep-rooted democratic, polyphonic and tolerant structure of our party. This style is seen as a reflection of an almost vindictive attitude towards the elders of our party, its experience and the values it has brought from the past, and creates a worrying image of taking the methods of the government as an example.<\/p>\n
Sar\u0131bal, in his statement, attacked \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel this time with the following statements:<\/p>\n
\u201cEspecially if the words of our General President, \u201cNo one should beg for a convention from me\u201d, carry the character of a threat as an arrogant approach fed by the power of the ruling power, this befits neither the deep-rooted democratic culture of our party nor what we have promised to the people. The convention is beyond a personal decision, it is the will of the party delegates.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement he made in Izmir yesterday, \u00d6zel said, \u201cFrom now on, no one in the Republican People's Party will raise words against each other. If someone still speaks, refer them to the conscience of the party. Let no one answer each other. Let's get on with our work,\u201d he concluded. It is not known whether there will be a response from the \u00d6zel wing after Sar\u0131bal's statement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CHP\u2019de, \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel\u2019in \u201cKimse kurultay dilenmesin\u201d s\u00f6zleriyle ba\u015flayan polemik devam ediyor. PM \u00fcyesi Orhan Sar\u0131bal, a\u00e7\u0131klamas\u0131nda \u00d6zel’i ve parti s\u00f6zc\u00fcs\u00fc Y\u00fccel\u2019i ele\u015ftirdi.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":278842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15,78],"class_list":{"0":"post-278841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gundem","8":"tag-chp","9":"tag-kemal-kilicdaroglu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278841"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278848,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278841\/revisions\/278848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}