At Fenerbahçe's Extraordinary General Assembly, Aziz Yıldırım was elected president with 17,245 votes. Returning to the presidency after 8 years, Yıldırım stated, "We will not hold grudges against each other; we will embrace one another because Fenerbahçe needs unity and solidarity." Aziz Yıldırım was elected as the 35th president of Fenerbahçe Sports Club at the Extraordinary General Assembly.
In the election, Hakan Safi received 9,927 votes. Out of 27,387 votes cast, 27,172 were valid, 135 invalid, and 80 were blank. After the results were announced, Aziz Yıldırım was invited to the podium and said that the winner was not himself or his team, but Fenerbahçe. He congratulated his opponent Hakan Safi and his team and stressed that the community must now act in unity.
He then said:
"Today, our community held an election, but the winner is Fenerbahçe. It is not Aziz Yıldırım and his team. From now on, we hope that Mr. Hakan Safi and all the respected elders we mentioned come together. We congratulate them as well. They also made beautiful chants today. Hopefully, we will all cheer our players together in this stadium and become champions.
We will not hold grudges against each other; we will embrace one another because Fenerbahçe needs unity and solidarity. Division is wrong. This community is great. Everyone knows the greatness of the Fenerbahçe community. Only we try to destroy this greatness by dividing ourselves. We will not allow that.
Now, we have formed a board with valuable people, and I will work with them using my past experience. Our promise is championship. Whatever reinforcements are needed, know that we will definitely make them within 15 days. Do not worry about this. Also, Mr. Nihat and his team will start working to expand this stadium.
There are some projects to increase the club's financial value. We will implement them. You elected me today with over 17,000 votes at a congress with the highest participation in Fenerbahçe's history. For this, I am grateful to you, and together with these friends, we will definitely repay our debt to you. We will not leave without paying; we will leave by paying. We will do this within a year. Let everyone know this.
We thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. Thank you, be well. We love you and with respect, we will carry out this struggle together. Whoever is outside, no one will be excluded. We will all come together and establish our unity and solidarity."
