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New Party's Menderes Statement: One of the 2 Resignations Is a CHP Member

Summary by Cumhuriyet
NEW Party Menderes District Chairman Mehmet Emin Işık made a statement regarding the allegations that two councilors from the NEW Party resigned after the election of the Deputy Mayor of Menderes. Işık stated that Füsun Demir, who resigned, was a member of the NEW Party and Shirzat Peker was a member of the CHP.

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Şirzat Peker, a CHP council member who voted for AKP candidate Asuman Şen in the Menderes Municipality deputy mayor election, resigned from the party. Peker announced that he will continue his political career as an independent. Thus, the number of CHP council members who voted for the AKP has increased to two.

·Türkiye
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NEW Party Menderes District Chairman Mehmet Emin Işık made a statement regarding the allegations that two councilors from the NEW Party resigned after the election of the Deputy Mayor of Menderes. Işık stated that Füsun Demir, who resigned, was a member of the NEW Party and Shirzat Peker was a member of the CHP.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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CHP council member Şirzat Peker, who announced that he voted for AKP's Asuman Şen in the Menderes Municipality deputy mayor election, resigned following the backlash. After the Menderes Deputy Mayor election, CHP General Secretary Rıfat Nalbantoğlu stated that "the number of votes that went from CHP to AKP is zero," and it was revealed that CHP member Harun Bila voted for the AKP candidate. Şirzat Peker, who voted in the election held on August …

Şirzat Peker, a CHP council member who admitted to voting for AK Party candidate Asuman Şen in the Menderes Municipality deputy mayor election, resigned from the party. Peker announced that he will continue his political career as an independent.

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Şirzat Peker, a Menderes Municipal Council member who resigned from the CHP, announced that he voted for AKP's Asuman Şen in the deputy mayor elections.

·Ankara, Türkiye
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Cumhuriyet broke the news in Istanbul, Türkiye on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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