Overview
- The court dismissed the 2023 congress lawsuit as lacking merit and moot after subsequent leadership votes that re-elected Ozel.
- AFP reported the judge also cited a complainant’s ineligibility to file the case in rejecting the challenge.
- Plaintiffs said the outcome was a surprise and vowed to appeal the ruling.
- Turkey’s BIST100 stock index rose roughly 4.5% following the verdict.
- Separate legal pressures persist, including a new espionage investigation into Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, his campaign manager, and Tele1 editor Merdan Yanardag, according to official and union statements.