Republican People's Party
- Type
- party
- Country
- Turkey
- Homepage
- Description
- Main opposition party mentioned in multiple leadership and police-raid stories. Suspicion label: none.
Aliases
- CHP
Related claims (6)
- A court removed the leadership of Turkey's main opposition party and temporarily reinstated former leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
- Justice Minister Gürlek said the CHP leadership ruling 'reinforced trust in Turkey's democracy' and noted that the legal process had begun after CHP members' objections to the congress results.
- Bahçeli called on both sides to act responsibly to protect the nation's founding party after a court ousted CHP leadership.
- CHP's appeals against leadership removal were rejected as Kılıçdaroğlu was set to take office.
- Police stormed CHP headquarters after the leadership ouster, with Kılıçdaroğlu formally requesting police deployment after party leadership and members refused to leave the building; police broke in using tear gas and rubber bullets.
- Özgür Özel held a rally in İzmir despite police crackdown and challenged Kılıçdaroğlu, who was reinstated by a court order, to convene a new congress for a leadership election.