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Turkish main opposition CHP gathers to reelect embattled leader

06 April 2025 15:40 (UTC +04:00)

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Sunday held an extraordinary meeting where its chair, Özgür Özel, is favored to win an intraparty election, APA reports quoting Daily Sabah.

The convention in the capital, Ankara, aims to prevent what the CHP calls an attempt to appoint a trustee to the party amid allegations of corruption in the last such election in Türkiye’s oldest party.

Özel would have competed with Ümit Uysal, the CHP mayor for the southern province of Antalya’s Muratpaşa district, but he declared his withdrawal from the race at the last minute. Berhan Şimşek, an actor who was a former lawmaker for the party, remained in the race before the head of the electoral committee picked for Sunday's race announced later that Özel would be the only candidate.