{"id":284920,"date":"2026-04-10T11:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=284920"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:12:20","slug":"chp-expulsions-pave-the-way-for-return-to-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/chp-expulsions-pave-the-way-for-return-to-party\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP expellees allowed to return to party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HALKWEB-<\/strong> \u00d6zlem Bayrak\u00e7\u0131 Erkan, a CHP member who filed a lawsuit for the annulment of the CHP 38th Ordinary Istanbul Provincial Congress held on October 8, 2023, was expelled from the party by the CHP High Disciplinary Board (YDK).<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6zlem Bayrak\u00e7\u0131 Erkan's dismissal was annulled by the Ankara Civil Court of First Instance as unlawful.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">The Republican People's Party YDK procedure regarding the termination of my client \u00d6zlem Erkan's membership of the Republican People's Party has been annulled by the Ankara Civil Court of First Instance as unlawful.<br \/>\nRespectfully announced to the public. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ozlm_byrkc_erkn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ozlm_byrkc_erkn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>- Av. Cevahir Kilic (@cevahir8593) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cevahir8593\/status\/2042509481460858946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Announcing the decision on his social media account, Erkan's lawyer Cavahir K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7 said, \u201cThe Republican People's Party YDK procedure regarding the termination of my client \u00d6zlem Erkan's membership of the Republican People's Party has been canceled by the Ankara Civil Court of First Instance as unlawful.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYou cannot take away a person's right to say \u2018no\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00d6zlem Bayrak\u00e7\u0131 Erkan shared a post after the decision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">-<br \/>\nYou cannot take away a person's right to say no; you cannot prevent them from seeking their rights as prescribed by law. As a matter of fact, today, just as you cannot take away my membership...<\/p>\n<p>Today, the whole public knows that what is essential for me is the legacy of Atat\u00fcrk, which I am obliged to carry into the future... <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XCcggrmOtO\">https:\/\/t.co\/XCcggrmOtO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>- \ud83d\udd4a\u00d6zlem Bayrak\u00e7\u0131 Erkan (@ozlm_byrkc_erkn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ozlm_byrkc_erkn\/status\/2042523709815005564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot take away a person's right to say no; you cannot prevent them from seeking their rights as prescribed by law. As a matter of fact, today, just as you cannot take away my membership...<\/p>\n<p>Today, the whole public knows that what matters to me is the Republican People's Party, which is Atat\u00fcrk's legacy and which I am responsible for carrying into the future. Today, I have not only fought for my membership; I have also protected the responsibility to pass this legacy on to the future and I have never allowed it to be taken away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_284921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284921\" style=\"width: 772px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-284921\" src=\"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ozlem-erkan-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"772\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ozlem-erkan-1.webp 1280w, https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ozlem-erkan-1-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ozlem-erkan-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ozlem-erkan-1-696x392.webp 696w, https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ozlem-erkan-1-1068x601.webp 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-284921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00d6zlem Bayrak\u00e7\u0131 Erkan (Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Precedent will be set<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The annulment of \u00d6zlem Bayrak\u00e7\u0131 Erkan's dismissal will set a precedent for the YDK decisions regarding the dismissal of 1689 people who were expelled from the CHP after the 38th Ordinary Assembly. In this case, the way was paved for the dismissed CHP members who applied to the judiciary to return to their party.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP High Disciplinary Board, chaired by CHP Istanbul MP Turan Ta\u015fk\u0131n \u00d6zer, a former lawyer of Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, against whom a draft petition was prepared to lift his immunity, decided to expel G\u00fcrsel Tekin, Sava\u015f Aras, Erkan Narsap, Zeki \u015een, Levent \u00c7elik and Bar\u0131\u015f Yarkada\u015f from the party, as well as 30 former district heads in Istanbul.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The court's decision will set a precedent for other dismissed CHP members.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":284922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[15,289],"class_list":{"0":"post-284920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politika","8":"tag-chp","9":"tag-manset"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284920","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284920"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284926,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284920\/revisions\/284926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}