Ousted CHP leader renews call for early national polls
NİĞDE
Ousted main opposition leader Özgür Özel has renewed his call for early nationwide elections as a leadership dispute continues to deepen divisions within the Republican People’s Party (CHP) following a court ruling that overturned his administration.
“I’m telling Mr. [President] Erdoğan ... If you have the courage, come out and face us, let’s compete a second time, let’s beat you a second time,” Özel said at a gathering of supporters in the central province of Niğde.
The CHP has been split since a court ruling in May declared Özel’s election at the party’s 2023 convention invalid, effectively restoring former chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and creating competing claims to the leadership.
