Turkish court rules to remove CHP leader Ozgur Ozel
AP News
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A Turkish court has effectively removed the head of the country’s main opposition party by annulling a 2023 congress that elected him.
Thursday's move deals a serious blow to the beleaguered Republican People’s Party, or CHP, as it struggles under waves of legal cases targeting its members and elected officials.
The court in Turkey’s capital Ankara declared the CHP congress that picked Ozgur Ozel as chairman to be null, ordering that he should be replaced by his predecessor Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
Turkey is due to hold its next election in 2028 but it could come earlier.
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