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Istanbul Court Annuls CHP’s 2023 Provincial Congress, Ousts Leadership

The decision intensifies pressure on a pending Ankara case that could unsettle the party’s 2023 leadership outcome.

FILE - Republican People's Party or (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel gestures to party members during his speech during a CHP convention, in Ankara, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ali Unal, file)
Istanbul's provincial leader Ozgur Celik, seen on the left holding the hands of CHP leader Ozgur Ozel and Dilek Kaya, wife of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, was removed from his position by the court ruling
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Overview

  • Judges ruled delegate votes at the October 2023 Istanbul congress were influenced by cash payments and voided the results.
  • Former CHP deputy chair Gursel Tekin was appointed interim Istanbul provincial head after the board was removed.
  • A separate case in Ankara, with a hearing on September 15, could overturn the CHP’s 2023 national congress and potentially unseat leader Ozgur Ozel.
  • Turkish markets fell after the ruling, with the BIST 100 down about 5.4% and bank shares off 7.5%.
  • The ruling lands during a wider wave of prosecutions and detentions of CHP officials that began with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s March arrest, which critics call political and the government defends as independent judicial action.