Meral Akşener, upon leaving the 'Table of Six' (an alliance of opposition parties in Turkey), exhibited a striking example of disloyalty and a metaphorical suicide for the İYİ Party (Good Party). I had written about this act as a suicide attempt for the party. When she returned to the table two days later, that attempt seemed incomplete, and now she has finalized it.

Ever since she disbanded the 'Table of Six' on March 3rd, Akşener has been acting in a way that benefits the ruling party. Unlike Kılıçdaroğlu, although she managed to keep her position, she couldn't stop a series of resignations within the troubled İYİ Party.

Akşener, trying to deflect responsibility for the election defeat with bitter words, committed a second suicide when the İYİ Party's Executive Board rejected the CHP's offer of cooperation on Monday.

As I said in the "Söz Meclisi" program on KRT Television the same evening, after the defeats on May 14 and 28, Akşener should not have remained in the chair of the party leadership. Politically, she is done.

"It's better that Meral Akşener didn't sit at the table than her being backstabbed at the last moment"

When I previously wrote a portrait of Akşener as a right-winger in this article, I had explained how she had proven several times in the past that she was not a trustworthy politician. A former İYİ Party MP, Dr. Aytun Çıray, revealed an incident that can be added to that article. After leaving the 'Table of Six', he quoted Akşener in a non-confidential environment, before an official meeting began, saying, "I have done my last duty against the state..." This statement has not been denied to this day. Çıray also added that other MPs heard these words.

I believe that when Kılıçdaroğlu said, "I entered the election with daggers in my back," at the CHP Congress on November 4-5, he was referring not to Özgür Özel or someone else within the CHP, but to Akşener, who had disbanded the table and conducted a "selectable candidate" campaign for months.

In this case, it is better that Özel, at the beginning of his chairmanship, received a rejection from Meral Akşener, rather than being backstabbed after collaborating. This may also be seen as beneficial in terms of stopping the process of the CHP moving further to the right to please the right wing.

The government's job has beome easier...

The decision of the İYİ Party to enter the election alone with its candidates is undoubtedly good news for the People's Alliance... Erdoğan's strategy to dismantle the 'Table of Six' hit its target before the general election on March 3; now he hopes to reap the benefits in the local elections.

What is certain is that the main opposition now has a harder job. They have to contend with both the People's Alliance and the İYİ Party.

In this context, the question on everyone's mind is: Will the CHP collaborate with HEDEP?

HEDEP Spokesperson Ayşegül Doğan stated in the MYK that there is a tendency to enter the local elections in 81 provinces with their candidates, and this decision will be presented to the PM. Considering Özel's statements towards Kurdish voters after becoming the general chairman, even if an official alliance is not announced, it is expected that there will be contact between the two parties for cooperation in at least some metropolitan municipalities.

In such case, it is highly likely that the People's Alliance, as it did before May 14, will use the "terrorism card" and attempt to influence voters with disinformation.

Considering all these, a challenging election period seems imminent.

I hope that the public will use their common sense at the ballot box and vote for secular, state-oriented, and patriotic candidates who defend the values of the secular Republic!