October 10, 2026’Faik, who is also a guest on Haberturk TV live broadcasts Tünay, the nation's deputy mayor and expressed frustat of the transfer.
“There have always been party switches in politics, but this period is quite different,” says Tunay, pointing out that one or two mayors are joining the AK Party every week. Noting that this trend is not limited to the CHP—but rather affects everyone—Tunay cites the New Welfare Party (Yeniden Refah Partisi) as an example: “In Konya—the very city that launched Necmettin Erbakan’s political career—his son Fatih Erbakan held six municipalities. After the election, all of them resigned and joined the AK Party. How are we to explain this?”
“was a mixture of wheat and chaff in politics, who's good and who's bad environment very hazy.” Tünay said, “This is going on folks let's see how it reacts in the local elections in 2029?” ended his speech by saying.