content tagged with Crackdown on CHP

The 60th “Rallies for Protecting the People’s Will” took place at Şişli Square in İstanbul. At the rally organized by CHP in front of Halaskargazi Street/Cevahir Mall in Şişli to mark the 200th day since the March 19 coup, Özgür Özel stated that they plan to take the rallies abroad as well.

After re-electing its İstanbul head to nullify a previous court order, the opposition party has expelled the court-appointed provincial leader.

Former and current municipal officials, as well as event organizers, have been taken into custody in an investigation into concerts organized by the municipality.

The congress was intended to preempt a court ruling that could annul the 2023 vote and clear the way for a court-appointed trustee, as Özel accuses Erdoğan of trying to take over the CHP.

The CHP had won 26 out of İstanbul’s 39 districts in the local elections. Eleven of those district mayors are now in detention.

The hearing could conclude with the annulment of the CHP's 2023 congress, which could lead to the removal of the party leadership.

Last week, an İstanbul court issued a temporary injunction in a separate case, suspending the results of the İstanbul congress. A CHP lawyer says today's ruling would nullify that verdict.

"The CHP is heading toward disaster," said the nationalist leader as the opposition party's İstanbul leadership is suspended from office.

The party moved the office's address in response.

By midnight, users reported disruptions on X, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.

The main opposition party views a court decision to suspend its provincial leadership as part of an attempt by the government to reshape the party leadership through judicial means.

An investigation into the opposition party's 2023 congress led to the suspension of its İstanbul board in a decision that could potentially affect the party leadership.