The decision voids the election of Ozgur Ozel as CHP chairman and threatens to upend Turkey’s main opposition force

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

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.