Turkey Court Tries Case That Could Oust Opposition Leadership

Fuente: International Business Times

The hearing seeks to overturn the outcome of a 2023 primary election within Turkey's main opposition CHP, ousting its leader Ozgur Ozel AFP Tens of thousands of people protested in Ankara ahead of a key court hearing Monday targeting Turkey's main CHP opposition party that could see its leadership upended. Critics say the vote-buying case is a politically motivated attempt to undermine Turkey's oldest political party, which won a huge victory over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP in 2024 local elections and has been rising in the polls. The CHP denies the charges and has accused the government of trying to defang it as an opposition force.