"Pod dugom vladavinom Baykala, stranka je provodila elitističku politiku i nije uspjela ispuniti svoj zadatak da pod svoj krov okupi sve ljevičarske političare," izjavio je Cafer Yuksel, istaknuti ljevičarski političar koji je radio i za CHP i kasnije za Socijaldemokratsku narodnu stranku.
"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