Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Leader of Turkey's Main Opposition Republican People's Party, Urged Provincial Party Heads Not to Engage in Arguments

Speaking at a provincial chairs meeting at party headquarters in Ankara, Kılıçdaroğlu said politics must be free of personal scores and announced plans to amend the party charter to make primaries mandatory before the upcoming ordinary congress. "The address for solving Turkey's problems is the CHP, Kılıçdaroğlu said, adding that while the party faces various accusations, no one speaks negatively about its moral superiority." He emphasized that the party works for millions of people, stating, "The CHP is not a party of a position, an era, or a cadre, but a party locked onto the nation's common future. We are a cadre working for the nation, for the citizen.

Politics is not a means of enrichment — say this everywhere." Kılıçdaroğlu warned that anyone who enriches themselves through politics is stealing from citizens' pockets. "We do not come from a tradition that reaches into the public treasury. Our only thought is that the citizen is prosperous — living peacefully at home, electricity not cut off, water not shut, bread on the table, no child going to bed hungry, peace and abundance in every home.

This is our fundamental aim and philosophy." He stressed that Turkey needs trustworthy politics and that reducing politics to personal settling of accounts would not inspire public confidence. "Do not, under any circumstances, enter into an argument with those who left the CHP. Our concern is different.

We set out to solve our country's problems, not sterile debates. Kılıçdaroğlu also said the party would hold a meeting before its ordinary congress, stating, "We will change our charter and make primaries mandatory. He added, "We will restore the CHP to the moral codes of its founding.

You are the provincial chairs who will bring the CHP back to moral codes. Wherever you go, speak of morality, virtue, wisdom, and beauty. When we do this, we build trust.

There is no one we cannot persuade. He also touched on the law known as the "Framework Law" on strengthening national solidarity and social integration, saying the CHP was the first to voice its position. "We want peace and tranquility for this country.

We want this country to grow in its own geography and neighboring geographies, he said. The meeting took place at the party's headquarters in Ankara.