The ruling marks a major escalation in the legal crackdown on the CHP, which has already been hit by the imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, its presidential candidate.

A Turkish court has effectively removed the head of the country’s main opposition party by annulling a 2023 congress that elected him.

The Regional Court of Justice in Ankara ruled to temporarily remove main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Özgür Özel and the...