Former leader of Denk Tunahan Kuzu wants to be on the candidate list for the parliamentary elections in March 2021. In March he announced his departure from The Hague politics. The work took up a lot of his private life and he wanted to take a different path.
Kuzu has now decided to continue, he announced today via a press release and a live session on his Facebook page. “I’m not finished yet,” said the MP of the three-man faction. He says he has recently received thousands of emails, messages and letters from people who want him to stay. “These calls have affected me enormously.”
Power struggle
On Saturday, the members of Denk chose Farid Azarkan | to the new party leader of the House of Representatives elections. Azarkan had already taken over the group chairmanship from Kuzu in March. Moments later, an open power struggle broke out within Denk, in which Kuzu was expelled from the party due to an extramarital relationship by MP and party chairman Selçuk Öztürk.
Kuzu recalls this period in his press release: “It is no secret that I went through a difficult period.” But he has regained his pleasure in politics, he says. “Due to the many calls from the country, I have come to the conclusion that I have not yet fought.” The hassle is within the party Meanwhile also added.
It is not yet certain whether Kuzu will actually return to the House of Representatives. It depends on where the candidate committee puts him and the number of seats won. In the latter Bearing pointer state Think between 1 and 2 seats.
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