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Graft Case Piles Pressure on Turkey's Main Opposition
- Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition CHP party in Turkey, is accused of collaborating with the authoritarian government to regain power in the party.
- Imamoglu, a CHP politician jailed in a controversial case, criticized Kilicdaroglu and said he felt betrayed by his remarks about negotiating with the government.
- Experts say if Kilicdaroglu takes over the CHP leadership, it would weaken the opposition and give President Erdogan more room to negotiate with Kurdish militants and change the constitution.
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Today, a major rally is scheduled to commemorate the arrest of Istanbul's mayor İmamoğlu 100 days ago, but the pressure on the opposition is getting stronger and stronger, by Benjamin Weber.
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der Standard DEThe election of a new party leader from November 2023 is to be declared invalid by the court. For the CHP this would be a dangerous tearing test
Graft case against Turkey opposition adjourned until September
An Ankara court on Monday adjourned until September a hearing into alleged graft that could upend the leadership of Turkey's main opposition CHP party, an AFP correspondent said. The case could render null and void the result of a leadership primary within the Republican People's Party (CHP) at its congress in November 2023 on grounds of alleged fraud - thereby overturning the election of leader Ozgur Ozel. Monday's hearing was brief, with the j…
In Turkey, there is a case against the opposition: the election of the CHP leader is supposed to have resulted in bribery money. Does head of government Erdoğan use the judiciary to manipulate the field of his rivals?
A court in Ankara was to decide today on the dismissal of Özgür Özel as CHP chairman for alleged vote purchase. The proceedings were adjourned shortly after the beginning.
Istanbul mayor jailed and protests rage: Aftermath as Erdogan eyes compliant opposition in Turkiye’s leadership shake-up
ANKARA, June 30 — A court hearing that could upend the leadership of Turkey’s main opposition CHP is the latest bid to hobble the party behind a wave of spring protests that shook the government, analysts say. The hearing, which takes place on Monday at an Ankara court, could render null and void the result of a leadership primary within the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in November 2023 on grounds of alleged fraud — thereby overturning the el…
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