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The Largest Turkish Opposition Party, CHP, is facing a new blow on Monday. A Turkish Judge Will then decide who should lead the party. Critics Say the Government Wants To Silence the CHP.
The Case About the CHP Party Congress is the latest Salvo in a Protracted Offensive Against the Party, which has Has Been the Largest in Turkey Since the Local Elections of March 2024.
The Offensive Reached Its Provisional “High Point” in March with the judgment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. He is SuperPeed of Corruption and Collaboration with a Terrorist Organization.
Imamoglu was about to be nominated as a presidential candidate on Behalf of the CHP for the National Elections, which are Scheduled for 2028. Despite the fact that no charges have put on paper, imamoglu is still in Prison. Like More Than 250 Other Local Administrators of the CHP.
Accordance to Critics, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tolerates Less and Less opposition, which mean that the largest opposition party at the national level must now be muzzled. And by Means of a curator.
‘Eternal loser’ Possible Back at the Helmet of CHP
The Opposition Party had The Wind in its Sails Since the 2023 Party Congress. Duration that meeting, a new party leader was chosen in the person of Özgür Özel. Under His Leadership, The Local Elections Were then won in 2024. Coincidence or Not, The First Lawsuits Against CHP Administrators Started That Same Year.
But the leadership Election During the congress would not have leg fair. For example, votes would have leg recruited for Özel. That is why the case comes before the Judge.
Özel is the Successor of Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. He was labeled as ‘Eternal loser’ That image was underlined when kiliçdaroglu Lost the battle for the presidency to recep tayyip Erdogan in 2023, despite the fact that the opposition leader had a good chanance of winning on paper.
Kiliçdaroglu’s supporters would still be upset that he will lose the leadership election, despite the fact that he did not win a single election with the chp in his more than this thirteen years party leader.
If the party congress is declared invalid on Monday, kiliçdaroglu will probably get his role as party leader back. He would like to accept that role in order to prevent a curator appointed by the government from Being placed at the head of the chp. The existing party leadership under Özel sees it as an illegal takeover by the government, one way or another. But also as an attack by Erdogan on the multi-party System in Turkey.
Local Party Congress Already Declared Invalid, OR NOT?
The case about the validity of the chp party congress is controversial. It is Namely Uncleear Whether the Judge is Allowed to Speak Out About It.
The ins and outs of party congresses in Turkey are tested by the supreme electoral Council (YSK). The Council Did Not Find Any Irregularities at the Time. And the Ysk’s Judgment is Final. That meeans it cannot be challenged. The CHP is Therefore not planning to accept the Judge’s Decision on Monday. The Party Considers The Judge Not Competent in This Matter.
For the same reas, the CHP refused last week to go along with the decision of a Judge in Istanbul to Declare the Congress for the Istanbul Branch of the Party Invalid.
The Confusion was complete When a Court in Ankara Went Against the Ruling of the Judge in Istanbul. In the Meantime, A Curator, A Party Member of the CHP Who had Fallen Out of Favor, Already Been had installed in the Party Office in Istanbul with the help of the Riot Police.
Party Leadership Prepares for Possible Takeover
That ‘takeover’ of the local department is SEEN AS A Dress Rehearsal for Monday. The Party Leadership of the CHP Seriously Takes Into Account That the National Party Congress Will also BE Declared Invalid.
Kiliçdaroglu Will then rebuild the CHP for Another Year and a Half, It Sounds in the Corridors. Critics Say That This Makes The Party Toothless In The Run-Up to National Elections. In Such a case, The CHP would only be an opposition party on paper.
In order to circumvent this scenario, Party Members have already decided to organize an extraordinary party congress on September 21. In this way, Kiliçdaroglu shouldlly be put out of play again.
This cat-and-mouse game between the opposition and the authorities has far-streaking consequences. The Turkish Lira Has Fallen by More Than 22 percent in Value over the past year. And the judgment of imamoglu triggered an Exodus of Foreign Investors.
In Addition, The Whole State of Affairs Takes a Toll on the Turkish Ministry of Justice and the Judiciary in Turkey. Few Turkish, Especial in Opposition Circles, Have Confidence in the Legal Proceedings in the Country. Or the Independence of Judges.
The Question is how far the authorities because or dare to go in their campaign against the chp. Because the fact that internal divisions are lurking, the party remains combative. And also the largest in The Polls.