"Under the long rule of Baykal, the party carried out elitist politics and failed to fulfill its mission to collect all left wing politicians under its roof," said Cafer Yuksel, a prominent left-wing politician who worked both for the CHP and later for the Social Democratic People's Party
"Sub îndelungata conducerea a lui Baykal, partidul a adoptat o politică elitistă şi nu a reuşit să-şi îndeplinească misiunea de a-i reuni pe toţi politicienii de stânga sub aripa sa", a declarat Cafer Yuksel, un politician marcant de stânga care a activat pentru CHP, iar mai târziu pentru Partidul Popular Social Democrat.