TİP Chairman Erkan Baş and MPs Sera Kadıgil and Ahmet Şık did not attend the General Assembly meeting held at the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye for the 5th legislative year of the 28th term. The three figures made a statement in front of the Constitutional Court, where retired police officer Ali Şekeroğlu staged his protest last week before ending his life, saying, “Not for money, but for our honor.”
Baş said that Parliament did not represent the will of the people or their problems, arguing that the Constitution was not being respected in the country, and said they could not bring themselves to attend the General Assembly to listen to Tayyip Erdoğan. He stated that they would not allow Şekeroğlu’s death to be trivialized or forgotten.
Erkan Baş described the process known as the “fund scandal” or “fund corruption” as “one of the biggest thefts in the history of Türkiye.” He claimed that those in power and people around them had increased their fortunes and that efforts were being made to cover up the events. He alleged that a commission that could be established in Parliament would be a “PR effort” aimed at reducing public pressure rather than revealing the truth. He also reacted to attempts to portray Erdoğan as if he had been unaware of the process.
Why it matters
The TİP delegation’s failure to attend the General Assembly brings into focus at the same time the debate over participation in legislative activities and whether Parliament represents the public’s problems. The statement outside the Constitutional Court, meanwhile, highlights the demand for accountability over how the death of retired police officer Ali Şekeroğlu will be addressed in the face of economic and political problems. With regard to the allegations surrounding the fund process, the debate centers not only on personal responsibility but also on whether claims that people in power circles increased their fortunes and that the events were covered up will be investigated. Therefore, the question of whether a commission that may be established in Parliament would be an independent and result-oriented investigation or a means of reducing social pressure remains open.
Background
Parliament is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: in the last 90 days, we have published 6 reports in which this name appeared; the latest is dated September 30, 2026.