Overview

• Judges provisionally removed provincial chair Özgür Çelik, the board and the disciplinary committee, and reinstated prior officeholders while naming Gürsel Tekin interim chief.
• The court replaced 196 delegates from the 2023 vote, with state media reporting bribery allegations tied to the leadership election.
• The CHP condemned the ruling as lacking legal basis and said it will challenge the decision in court.
• Turkish markets slid after the decision, with the BIST 100 down 5.4% and bank shares falling 7.5%.
• Police conducted new raids in the opposition-run Beşiktaş and Avcılar districts of Istanbul, detaining seven municipal employees in procurement investigations.