The Regional Court of Justice in Ankara ruled to temporarily remove main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel and the party's current administration from office, reinstating former chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and his management pending a final judicial decision in the ongoing CHP congress case.
The 36th Civil Chamber of the Ankara Regional Court of Justice completed its appellate review of a lower court ruling issued on Oct. 24, 2025, by Ankara's 42nd Civil Court of First Instance regarding lawsuits seeking the annulment of the CHP's 38th Ordinary Congress held on Nov. 4-5, 2023.
The chamber accepted the appeals filed in the merged cases and overturned the lower court's previous decision that there was "no need to issue a ruling" because the case had become moot.
The court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and determined that the CHP's 38th Ordinary Elective Congress was legally invalid due to "absolute nullity," annulling the congress retroactively from the date it was held.
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