ANKARA: Turkiye’s main opposition CHP was thrown into fresh disarray Saturday as court-installed leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu made his first visit to party headquarters since a controversial court ruling scrapped a 2023 party primary. Ozgur Ozel, the CHP leader ousted by the May 21 decision, called for an urgent congress, telling thousands at an Ankara rally that the party “cannot be run by an appointed leader.” Ozel has emerged as a leading opposition figure following last year’s jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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…