The Welfare Again Party (YRP) was among the parties that the AK Party met before the Presidential elections. During the meeting held on March 11, the AK Party offered the YRP to join the People’s Alliance.
YRP’s request to repeal the Law No. 6284 on the “Protection of the Family and the Prevention of Violence Against Women” caused controversy. In addition to 6284, it was learned that Fatih Erbakan, the leader of the Welfare Party, made a 30-item request to the AK Party, but the negotiations did not yield any results in the first place. Erbakan announced his candidacy for President, stating that they will not take part in any alliance.
While waiting for how the process will end, the Welfare Party again announced that it joined the People’s Alliance. Meeting with President Erdogan, Erbakan said, “We have come to an agreement on the principles we demanded from the beginning in our party’s alliance process.” said.
Although Erbakan said that they were included in the People’s Alliance, a detail on his party’s official website did not go unnoticed. on the main page of the site news Erbakan’s recent statement, “We will not be in any alliance! I am a presidential candidate,” was seen in the episode. It was a question of whether the news on the site will be changed.