Dismissed CHP Eskişehir Chairman Yalaz: 'Who are you to dismiss me?'

Talat Yalaz, the dismissed CHP Eskişehir Provincial Chairman, expressed his deep dismay and anger after being removed from his position by the party's Central Executive Committee (MYK). Standing before the party's provincial building, Yalaz, visibly emotional, questioned the legitimacy of the decision.

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Who are you to dismiss me?

"Who are you to dismiss me?" Yalaz demanded, his voice trembling. He accused the MYK of acting under the influence of the presidency, stating, "I know you will try to dismiss us with the powers you have obtained from those appointed by the palace." Yalaz asserted that he and the Eskişehir organization had always been committed to bringing the CHP to power and had worked tirelessly towards that goal.

He declared that he would not consider this a dismissal but a continuation of his struggle. Yalaz criticized the party leadership for seeking his expulsion, especially with a request for a precautionary measure that would cut his ties to the party. He argued that his mandate came from the CHP members, not from those who now sought to remove him.

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I know you will try to dismiss us with the powers you have obtained from those appointed by the palace.

"You cannot dismiss me from the party, from my father's home, from Atatürk's party, with the authority you received from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan," Yalaz stated. He insisted that the MYK itself lacked the authority to make such a decision without approval from the Party Council and reiterated that the CHP is the party of the people, not of any president or palace.

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You cannot dismiss me from the party, from my father's home, from Atatürk's party, with the authority you received from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Yalaz vowed that the party membership would still show as CHP on e-Devlet, the government's online portal, in the future. He concluded by stating that those who should be judged and expelled are those who are "riding the palace's boat" and acting with the "approval of the AKP and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan." He affirmed that the "conscience of the organization" would judge them, and that his leader is Özgür Özel and his home is the CHP.

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The CHP is the party of the people. The owners of the CHP are the CHP members.