US EditionTurkish opposition party reelects chairman following arrest of Istanbul mayor
- Republican People's Party leader Ozgur Ozel called for snap polls to show the "biggest no confidence vote in history" against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, seen as Erdogan's chief challenger.
- Ozel stated that the CHP aims to gather 7.2 million signatures for a petition to force early elections, claiming that Imamoglu is their candidate to defeat Erdogan in 2028.
- Imamoglu's arrest led to significant protests in Turkey, which marked the largest opposition demonstrations since 2013.
- Ozel described the situation as a coup against Imamoglu and stated that the CHP will resist until the end, emphasizing the upcoming election as a choice between "democracy versus autocracy".
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TRIBUNE. With the imprisonment of his rival for the election of 2028, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives his regime an autocratic turn.
[Istanbul - Watanabe Kana, Sinan Tauvsan] On the 9th, Ozer, leader of Turkey's largest opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), responded to an interview with the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. He reiterated his claim that the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu (currently suspended from office), who is also a member of the CHP, is unjust, and called for a presidential election to be held by 2026 at the latest, to ask the people for their opi…
Özgür Özel persists in his criticism of Erdoğan. With regard to the arrest of the presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, he tells him the fight.
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Turkey opposition to fight Erdogan 'until the end': leader tells AFP
The Turkish opposition will fight "until the end" against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the opposition CHP party told AFP in an interview Wednesday, accusing the head of state of staging a "coup" with the arrest of Istanbul's…
According to Özgür Özel, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP, Social Democrat), a petition launched by his camp has already collected 7.2 million signatures across the country of 85 million people. "We are going to impose on Erdogan the biggest vote of distrust in history," he says.
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