Overview

• Tens of thousands rallied in Ankara on Sunday as the CHP protested what it calls a judicial attempt to sideline the party.
• The case targets the validity of the CHP’s November 2023 congress, a ruling that could remove party leader Özgür Özel.
• The indictment lists former leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as the injured party and seeks prison terms of up to three years for Ekrem İmamoğlu and 10 other CHP figures for alleged vote-rigging.
• CHP leaders set an extraordinary party congress for September 21 to reassert their mandate should the court annul the 2023 vote.
• A prior court move that installed a trustee over the CHP’s Istanbul branch knocked the stock market 5.5 percent, and the lira edged higher after Monday’s adjournment.