This is the summary of first congress of Pirate Party Turkey held in 15 August 2021.
Context
Opening
Video of PPI that congratulates PPTR's refoundation and is shown. Later on, General Secretary Tan S. Akıncı gave opening speech to inform his resignation from that post, and declared his candidacy for presidency.
Elections
Elections for posts of general secretary and presidency are held. Mehmet Ali, only candidate for general secretary got elected to the post with %100. Tan S. Akıncı supported by left-wing and Ekim Atay by right-wing factions of the party got %50 of the votes therefore became co-presidents.
Issues
The situation of division between 2 Pirate Parties is discussed with the members. The decision is that the new PPTR needs to find ways of dialogue with the old party and if not must replace it on all national/international organizations that once included the party.
About the organization of the party, a youth wing and diverse working groups to decentralize the leadership were formed. Arda Yiğit got appointed to the presidency of Genç Korsanlar (Young Pirates).
Aftermath
The Tan-Ekim cabinet got dissolved over the discussion of voter fraud in election of Ekim Atay just 2 weeks after the congress and Tan became the sole president of the party. Due to disagreements with Mehmet and Tan, Mehmet was asked to resign from general secretaryhood and got replaced by Ahmet Bayram.
