Kılıçdaroğlu camp floats purge ahead of top CHP meeting
The reinstated leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) under Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on June 10 held its third high-level meeting in eight days, reportedly weighing possible expulsions and an increasingly contested path toward a party convention.
The closed-door meeting followed days of escalating tensions triggered by a court ruling that annulled the party’s 2023 convention, removed Özgür Özel and his leadership team and reinstated Kılıçdaroğlu to the top post.
The ruling cited alleged irregularities in the vote that brought Özel to power. It effectively split the party into competing power centers, each claiming legitimacy.
The political standoff spilled into public view on June 9 when both Kılıçdaroğlu and Özel were scheduled to address the party’s weekly meeting in parliament. The overlap led to confrontations between supporters of the two factions at the entrance to parliament.
