The message CHP sent with primary elections

What kind of messages should we deduce from the main opposition Republican People?s Party?s (CHP) recent election primaries?

The essential message should be this: Primaries increase the enthusiasm and feeling of belonging to the party?s constituency, increasing the intensity of the will of the people.

Whether you appreciate it or criticize it, at the end of the day the CHP?s primaries have served to localize politics to some degree. In contrast to the ?cold weather? created by appointment from the center, local politics warms the climate considerably.

Of course, the following criticisms are valid too: ?The political party?s center determines the members of the party?s provincial organizations. Therefore, at the end of the day, parliamentary candidates are determined according to the power of the provincial organizations loyal to the center.?

Despite the influence of the provincial organizations, the process of the primaries makes the voter constituency more dynamic and alive. That is why the CHP?s primaries were an invaluable step for the development of politics and democracy in Turkey.

No fighting wanted

Another striking result of the primaries was the message given by the majority of CHP members: ?I don?t want fighting in the party. I want projects, harmony and government.?

The fact that the former secretary generals of the party Önder Sav and Hakk? Süha Okay were unable to make it onto the lists...

The fact that former ?i?li mayor Mustafa Sar?gül could not make it into the top three...

The fact that party veteran Adnan Keskin and other similar party members only got a few votes...

Meanwhile, former CHP head Deniz Baykal could have asked his successor to nominate him within...