YENİ Party Holds Primary Election for Party Chair on November 8

YENİ Party will hold a primary election for its party chair on Sunday, November 8, 2026. Voting will begin at 08:00 and end at 19:00 at designated locations.

In Bilecik province, ballot boxes will be set up in the central district and eight other districts: Bozüyük, Söğüt, Gölpazarı, Osmaneli, Pazaryeri, Yenipazar, İnhisar, and Bayırköy. Voting locations include party headquarters buildings in most districts, while İnhisar voters will cast ballots at Cumhuriyet Square, Zafer Neighborhood, number 3/A, and Bayırköy voters at the town municipality building.

“Strong democracy is possible only with strong participation.”

The party announced that all members who joined by November 5 are eligible to vote. Party officials invited all members to participate in what they described as an important democratic process that will shape the party's future.

Meanwhile, Sakarya province is also preparing for the primary with 3,000 ballot boxes planned across Turkey's 81 provinces. Sakarya Party Chair Selda Sezgin invited members to use their democratic rights at voting centers determined in 16 districts.

In Sakarya's Adapazarı district, voting will take place at four different locations: Mavi İş Merkezi for Yenikent Neighborhood and its villages, Çökekler for Dernekkırı village neighborhoods, Nadir Demir's Coffeehouse for Yağcılar and Güneşler central neighborhoods, and Orhangazi Culture Center for all other neighborhoods. Members in Serdivan will vote at Sen Otel, while those in Kaynarca will use the Municipality Conference Hall.

Members in the remaining Sakarya districts, including Akyazı, Arifiye, Erenler, Ferizli, Geyve, Hendek, Karapürçek, Karasu, Kocaali, Pamukova, Sapanca, Söğütlü, and Taraklı, will vote directly at their district party buildings.

Party leadership emphasized that strong democracy is possible only with strong participation, urging all members to cast their votes in the primary election.