The program, which was held at 1453 Çırpıcı Social Facilities in Istanbul, was held with the slogan of "Saadet (Felicity) is Here with Faith, Perseverance and Determination".
In addition to Saadet Party deputies, provincial and district administrators, members of women's branches and youth branches participated in the Divan program intensively.
Saadet Party Istanbul Provincial Court was held with the participation of 10 deputies from the Saadet Party, who entered the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) in the 14 May general elections.
The program, in which Milli Görüş organizations showed great interest; Saadet Party Istanbul Provincial Chairman Ömer Faruk Yazıcı, Saadet Party Istanbul MPs Birol Aydın, Bülent Kaya and Mustafa Kaya, Samsun Deputy Mehmet Karaman, Kayseri Deputy Mahmut Arıkan, Hatay Deputy Necmettin Çalışkan, Bursa Deputy Mehmet Atmaca, Antalya Deputy Şerafettin Kılıç, Kocaeli Deputy Hasan Bitmez, Ankara Deputy Mesut Doğan made speeches.
“WE WILL PREPARE IN THE BEST WAY FOR THE ELECTION OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS”
Making the opening speech of the program, Istanbul Provincial Chairman of Saadet Party Ömer Faruk Yazıcı said, "We have a new era ahead of us. We have the opportunity to be born again from the local governments, which has been in the history of Milli Gorus, and to be hope for our nation. We will prepare in the best way possible for the local administration elections to be held in March 2024. The government won in Turkey, but we should all know that it lost in Istanbul. It fell behind in 5 districts, which are AK Party municipalities, and 6 districts in total, including 1 district, which is the only municipality of the MHP. This means that they will experience a great destruction in the local elections. In order for us to turn this into a gain, we must work together without moving away from rationality."
“THE GOVERNMENT LOSE EVERYTHING TO WIN THE ELECTION”
Mesut Doğan, Deputy Chairman of Saadet Party and Ankara Deputy, "We've had an election. If we look at pure selection with a summary logic. This election has a winner and a loser. Believe me, the biggest loser in this election is the People's Alliance, the AK Party. Because they actually lost everything to win the election. And all of Türkiye is witness to this election that the biggest winner was Saadet Party. Saadet Party organizations showed the whole of Turkey how to stand up, how to keep promises, how to conduct an election despite the despicable attacks throughout Turkey. All of Turkey saw how many heroic women the Saadet Party had during the election," he said.
“ONLY CONSCIENCES CAN DECIDE WHO IS THE WINNER”
Şerafettin Kılıç, Deputy Chairman of the Saadet Party and Antalya Deputy, "There may be a little tiredness in your eyes, but I believe that there is no trace of intimidation. Only consciences can decide who is the winner in a fair and immoral race. You are not one of those who recklessly spent all the means of the state for the success of their own political party in order to win. You are not one of those who consider all means permissible to win. I heartily congratulate you all. Your upright stance will not be forgotten, it will make history and will be remembered with appreciation", he said.
“WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT RESULT IN THE ELECTIONS”
Mehmet Atmaca, Bursa Deputy of Saadet Party and Member of the General Administrative Board, "We have achieved an important result. In fact, we know that we have victory and gain. We became 10 deputies, one of which is me. We see that there is a huge expectation. Great extraordinary achievements are expected. We can promise effort, but I'm not sure about meeting your expectations, but I believe I see it as an organizational mission. Until today, we have tried to fulfill the task given to us by this organization with all our effort and sincerity with the understanding of worship. Today, we will strive to fulfill the same task with the same understanding, with the same determination and effort," he said.
“THANK YOU TO ALL OUR ORGANIZATION MEMBERS”
Saadet Party Hatay Deputy and General Administrative Board Member Necmettin Çalışkan, "As Hatay, we experienced a significant earthquake on February 6th. Although the name of the earthquake was Kahramanmaraş, the pain was experienced in Hatay. 64 percent of Hatay's central district was erased from the map. In this context, we had really difficult days. Here, I would like to thank all our members of the organization, from Kars to Ağrı, from Hakkari to Ardahan, who are with us in these difficult days. But my special thanks go to the Istanbul Provincial Organization and its esteemed chairman, Ömer Faruk Yazıcı. As a debt of conscience, I can say that our Istanbul Provincial Organization stood by us with a five-day duty in Hatay, in turns, as if they were doing their military service again. These duties started on February 6 and until today, the soup kitchen opened in the Merkez Dağlıca region of Hatay serves thousands of people."
“WE WILL RAISE THE VOICE OF MİLLİ GÖRÜŞ IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY IN THE PARLIAMENT”
Mahmut Arıkan, Deputy Chairman of the Saadet Party and Deputy of Kayseri, "A phrase was used frequently after the elections. As the Saadet Party, you have been given a historic opportunity. They use this historical opportunity well, don't miss it'. First of all, let's fix this, nobody gave us a historical opportunity or anything. We, as the Saadet Party, took that opportunity by scraping it with our nails, Alhamdulillah. How we did it, just as we got 6 ministries in the 37th Government, 8 ministries in the 39th Government, and how we got the Prime Ministership in the 96-97 Welfare Road Government, today, 10 deputies have blessed us with our halal work. We will express the loud voice of Milli Gorus in the Turkish Grand National Assembly with our 10 deputies, especially our Chairman Temel Karamollaoğlu, and you, our esteemed 11th deputies, in the Turkish Grand National Assembly, I hope," he said.
“AN INTENSIVE WORKING PERIOD AWAITS US”
Hasan Bitmez, Deputy Chairman of the Saadet Party and Deputy of Kocaeli, "In a difficult time, we made a difficult decision in a difficult election, and we have accomplished a working period together. I sincerely thank our brothers and sisters, who wholeheartedly consented to the decision taken during this difficult period, during the difficult election, and who ran with all their strength, with all their heart and with all their prayers until the end of their strength. After a long break, our party had the opportunity to be represented strongly with 10 deputies. In this period, of course, we will try to put forward the ideas, thoughts and efforts of our party in legislative activities together with our friends as MPs. However, a period of intense organizational work awaits us. In the blink of an eye, in the blink of an eye, we have a municipal election in the process, which is a short period of time in 9 months. In these elections, we will represent our party in the best and strongest way possible," he said.
“EVERY SPRING STARTS WITH A FLOWER”
Saadet Party High Advisory Board Member and Samsun Deputy Mehmet Karaman, "You all know a sentence that our uncle Erbakan said to him when he was an independent deputy candidate from Konya in 1969. It's good, my teacher Erbakan, 'Can a flower make a spring?' The answer of our teacher Erbakan was, 'Yes, uncle, a flower does not make a spring, but every spring starts with a flower.' We were represented in the parliament with a deputy brother in the previous election. In other words, he started the spring with a flower, but now God gives ten to one and the spring continues with 10 deputies. With the help of Allah and as a result of the struggle that you brothers and sisters worked on in the field, Allah granted us this," he said.
“WE HAVE FINISHED IT THROUGH THE HARD FIGHT”
Birol Aydın, Spokesperson of the Saadet Party and Istanbul Deputy, "As the Saadet Party, we went through a tough test. We went through this tough struggle in order to preserve our values in a virtuous, moral direction, thank goodness. We knew that our country was in a deep economic crisis, but at the same time, we saw that we were in a political, intellectual and moral crisis with what we went through in the last few months. We had an extraordinary choice. We had an election period where words, evidence, opinion did not profit, lies, slander, slander were paid and people were directed to a channel through it," he said.
“WE WILL GIVE THE ANSWER TO THOSE WHO SAY IT IS OVER”
Mustafa Kaya, Deputy Chairman of the Saadet Party and Istanbul Deputy, "In an environment where there are those who claim that Milli Gorus is over, and those who claim that Milli Gorus can no longer stand up, Milli Gorus became the first party in 1995, and we, together with 10 deputies, are today with 10 deputies that we "scraped with our fingernails" as our head of the organization just said. Together, we will give the necessary answer to those who say it's over, 9 months later, in the local elections, I greet you all with respect and love," he said.
"SAADET IS HERE, WELCOME YOU ALL"
Bülent Kaya, Deputy Chairman of the Saadet Party and Istanbul Deputy, "Our very esteemed deputies, our esteemed provincial president, esteemed ladies, and our young brothers are very valuable members of our organization. With faith, determination and determination, we said, Alhamdulillah, Saadet is here, you are all welcome, you brought joy. In order not to waste more of your precious time, I take the advantage of being the last speaker with your permission, and I end my speech by saying that I fully agree with what all my friends before me said. I respectfully greet you all," he said.