CHP leadership crisis deepens with rival gatherings
Rival factions within the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) traded fresh accusations on May 30 as competing gatherings deepened divisions after a court ruling reinstated former chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
Supporters of CHP parliamentary group chair Özgür Özel gathered in Ankara after the court annulled the party’s 2023 congress last week, where Özel had defeated Kılıçdaroğlu and ended his 13-year leadership.
Some participants criticized Kılıçdaroğlu for accepting the ruling and returning to party headquarters.
Kılıçdaroğlu, meanwhile, addressed a separate gathering at CHP headquarters, defending the legal process and accusing his opponents of damaging the party through alleged corruption, personal ambition and internal misconduct.
