Politics · Turkey · 5 hrs ago
İYİ Party leader invites Zafer and Anahtar parties to reunite
İYİ Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu invited two other parties to reunite with his party while answering university students in Istanbul.
The invitation was directed to Zafer Party leader Ümit Özdağ and Anahtar Party leader Yavuz Ağıralioğlu.
Both parties were founded by people who had left İYİ Party, and Dervişoğlu said former members were welcome back.
He said they should share the same ideas and maintain the political line they had when they set out.
Dervişoğlu urged them to put personal ambitions aside and work together on issues facing Turkey.
He said İYİ Party’s nationalism and other principles were enough to bring them together.
His remarks were an invitation, not an announced merger, and no response or next step was reported.
İYİ Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu invited members of the Zafer Party and Anahtar Party to reunite under İYİ Party.
He said the invitation applied if they had no ideological differences, did not support the current system and had maintained the political line they started with.
Dervişoğlu addressed Zafer Party leader Ümit Özdağ and Anahtar Party leader Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, saying he wanted political divisions to end.
He called for personal ambitions to be set aside and said İYİ Party’s nationalism, republicanism, development focus and democratic principles were enough for all.
- Who
- İYİ Party leader Müsavat Dervişoğlu invited members of the Zafer Party and Anahtar Party, including their leaders Ümit Özdağ and Yavuz Ağıralioğlu.
- What
- He called for them to reunite under İYİ Party.
- When
- October 16, 2026.
- Where
- İstanbul, where Dervişoğlu answered questions from university students.
- Why
- He said political divisions should end if there were no ideological differences and the parties had maintained their original political line.
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- İYİ Party leader
- Müsavat Dervişoğlu
- Invited parties
- Zafer Party and Anahtar Party
- Zafer Party leader
- Ümit Özdağ
- Anahtar Party leader
- Yavuz Ağıralioğlu
- Date
- October 16, 2026
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What people are saying
İYİ Party's nationalism, republicanism, development focus and democratic principles are enough for all of us.
The door of the party they left is wide open to them.