ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel on Wednesday ruled out any plans to leave the crisis-hit CHP and form a new party, urging fellow members to stay put, Turkish media reported. The CHP, Turkiye’s oldest political party, has been badly shaken by a May 21 court ruling that overturned a 2023 party primary which elected Ozel as leader, reinstating his defeated rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Three days later, riot police battered their way into the CHP’s Ankara headquarters, firing tear gas and beating party members before throwing them out, Ozel told AFP on Sunday evening.

ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) - Turkish riot police fired tear gas and broke through the gates of the main opposition party's headquarters to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, a…

Ozgur Ozel's election as head of Republican People's Party had been annulled by court last week

Police forced their way into the opposition party's headquarters, ending a standoff between ousted CHP leader Ozgur Ozel and supporters of court-appointed Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

Standoff began after appeals court nullified Ozgur Ozel’s election as CHP chairman and stipulated that his predecessor Kemal Kilicdaroglu replace him

Ousted main opposition leader Özgür Özel called for a new leadership election open to the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2 million members during a rally on May 26, after a…

ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel on Wednesday ruled out any plans to leave the crisis-hit CHP and form a new party, urging fellow members to stay put,…

The top figures in Turkey's main opposition party differ on how to resolve the leadership vacuum after a court annulled its 2023 primary. One wants the party delegates to pick a…

A leadership dispute within the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is intensifying as ousted chairman Özgür Özel insists there is no legal barrier to holding a new…

Removed main opposition leader Özgür Özel argued on May 28 that a precautionary measure included in a court ruling that declared the Republican People’s Party (CHP) leadership…