A Member of the AK Party Criticizes the Bar Association Elections: "Hopefully They Won't Now Say, 'Let's Establish Bar Association No. 3.'"
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According to unofficial results from the 69th Ordinary General Assembly of the Ankara Bar Association, Elçin Özge Şimşek Çağlayan from the Democratic Left Lawyers group was elected bar president with 5,848 votes. Rıza Saka won the presidency of the Istanbul Bar Association No. 2 by a margin of six votes.
Former AK Party MP Şamil Tayyar criticized the multiple bar association system, stating that AK Party members had lost control of the Istanbul No. 2 Bar Association elections, following a similar loss in Ankara. Tayyar said, "Dividing and categorizing bar associations was a big mistake."
Candidates supported by the AKP are losing bar association elections one after another. AKP members Şamil Tayyar and Mücahit Birinci criticized the AKP's losses in the bar associations, saying, "I hope they don't say, 'Let's establish a third bar association.'"
Voting has concluded at the bar association general assemblies held over the weekend. In the capital Ankara, Elçin Özge Şimşek Çağlayan, the candidate of the Democratic Left Lawyers Group, won the election, while Rıza Saka became the new president of Istanbul Bar Association No. 2.
While bar association elections have concluded in many provinces across Turkey, Elçin Özge Şimşek Çağlayan, the candidate of the Democratic Left Lawyers Group, was elected president in Ankara, and Rıza Saka, who competed against Ali Kasım Tuna, supported by the AKP, was elected president in the Istanbul No. 2 Bar Association.
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