Özgür Özel

The move was a huge symbolic victory for the Turkish leader, who has long wanted to control the secular resort city of 4.5 million people on Turkey's Aegean coast

The next day, a court officially banned the book, by a jailed opposition leader who had vowed to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey’s next presidential election

After the annulment ruling, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who has returned to the CHP leadership, answered Euronews Turkish's questions

The new law sets out how some militants can return to civilian life, but leaves Abdullah Ocalan's future unresolved

Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel last week announced the formation of a new political party following his ousting from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)

Ongoing investigations into several CHP-run municipalities were also reportedly among the reasons Özel and his allies do not expect mayors to join the new party immediately, as they aim to start a “blank page” with the new formation

Ozel made the announcement in a speech in parliament on Tuesday

Özel will hold the meeting in Eskişehir on July 7 as part of his ongoing tour across Türkiye, replacing the party’s customary Tuesday gathering at parliament

In a coordinated move, 28 members of the CHP’s Party Assembly resigned shortly before a meeting chaired by restored leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, reducing the body to 29 members

CHP has faced unprecedented judicial crackdown since 2024

Ozel's supporters called Kilicdaroglu a "traitor."

The top figures in Turkey's main opposition party differ on how to resolve the leadership vacuum after a court annulled its 2023 primary

The main opposition Republician People's Party's (CHP) leadership crisis has shifted to the timing and legality of a new congress after a court ruling annulled the party’s 2023 convention and reinstated former chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

Footage from local media showed police breaking through a makeshift barricade

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on May 21 called on former main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to “renounce” his reinstated position following a court ruling that voided the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2023 convention

Turkish police have ordered the arrests of 83 people accused of posting controversial content online about two deadly school shootings which took place this week

The investigation concerns 'charges of embezzlement, aggravated fraud'

Opinion polls show he would perform well against Erdogan