CHP leader vows to clear out 'so called' party members
Date
11/9/2015 5:04:23 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Republican People’s Party (CHP) leaderKemal Klçdaroluhas vowed to clear the party of “so-called” members whose sole concerns are winning tenders inCHPmunicipalities in reaction to recent speculations onCHPÇankaya Mayor Alper Tadelen.
“Gross slanders have been made [against Tadelen]. And these traducers are so-calledCHPmembers. I will wipe them all out. Our concern is Turkey; theirs is ‘How can I win a tender?’ There is no such thing. We will never allow this” Klçdarolu told reporters over the weekend on the occasion of the opening of a park built by the Çankaya Municipality for world-renown Turkish author Yaar Kemal.
A newspaper belonging to a formerCHPlawmaker argued Tadelen was shot by his father-in-law over a business-related argument and was secretly treated at a private hospital. Tadelen categorically denied the allegations and filed a criminal complaint against the newspaper and its publisher.
The story was published immediately after the Nov. 1 elections the results of which prompted in-house calls at theCHPfor a leadership change through an extraordinary convention. Former lawmaker Umut Oran and current zmir deputy Mustafa Balbay have already announced their intention to run for the leadership.
The call was reiterated on Nov. 8 through a press conference held by the former head of the CHP’sAnkarabranch Zeki Alçn the Anadolu Agency reported.
Alçn’s call to hold an extraordinary convention was supported by 42 former and current heads of provincial organizations. “Voters no longer believe the currentCHPmanagement can fulfill the promises it has given. This is a problem of confidence of being genuine and of spirit. This is a problem of leadership” he said.
Attacks on media not acceptable
Another issue Klçdarolu raised over the weekend was growing pressure on independent media. “Turkey has entered a new era. The media has become the first to be pressured” he said.
“Lawmakers have not taken their oaths yet; parliament has not been opened. First pressure was put on the media. They may appear on TV and comfortably announce that ‘this and that cannot run this newspaper we’ll operate it.’ Wasn’t the right of property sacred? If this can happen even before the opening of parliament we should all think about it once again.
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