2023-07-07 20:44:55
ANKARA. While discussions about change in CHP continued after the loss of the elections, former CHP Chairman and former Foreign Minister Hikmet Çetin spoke to journalist Fatih Altaylı. Çetin blamed Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and said that his resignation was not enough.
Altaylı said that “According to Hikmet Abi, Kılıçdaroğlu was doing more harm to the party than Deniz Baykal,” and continued as follows:
“According to Hikmet Çetin, the politician closest to the right and most respected from the right, Kılıçdaroğlu was pulling the CHP to the right too much and he would almost believe it was a ‘project’. ‘I wish we hadn’t closed SHP. I wish we had not merged the Social Democratic Populist Party with the CHP. If SHP had stayed today. We see how much such a party is needed today,” he said. He was probably right as the greatest living experience in politics.”
‘I APPOSED THE GENERAL PRESIDENT FOR EXCEPTIONAL EXPRESSIONS’
Çetin apologized to Kılıçdaroğlu after his statements were on the agenda. Speaking to journalist Altan Sancar, Çetin said, “I apologized to the chairman for these statements that went beyond his purpose. I apologize to the public,” he said.
We just talked to Hikmet Çetin. Çetin, whom I called to ask about his criticism, had just met Kılıçdaroğlu. In his statement to me, Çetin said, “I apologized to the chairman for these statements that went beyond his purpose. I apologize to the public,” he said.
— Altan Sancar (@altansancarr) July 7, 2023
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