Emine Ülker Tarhan

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Süheyl Batum has been removed from the party due to a speech he made after the resignation of former CHP deputy Emine Ülker Tarhan.

CHP Eskişehir deputy Batum was removed from the CHP by the party’s High Discipline Board on Dec. 11, over his speech in late October.

A group led by former Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin has taken the first step toward founding a new political party called the “Nation and Justice Party.”

Following her resignation from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Emine Ülker Tarhan has founded a new political party.

The move comes two weeks after resigning from the CHP after severely criticizing the party's policies, which she claimed were “detached” from the people and not conducive to it coming to power.

A leading dissident within Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) resigned from her party on Oct. 31, issuing a statement severely criticizing the CHP policies she said were “detached” from people and not helpful for coming to power.

The race for the leadership of Turkey’s main opposition party has become wide open, with a leading dissident stating she will run against its leader at the upcoming party convention and the current leader promising a new vision for the party.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has responded quickly and has done right in answering calls for an early party congress by setting the date as Sept. 5-6.

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has responded defiantly to a group of party dissidents who called on him to resign due to the results of the presidential election, which they labeled a fiasco.

Rumblings of discontent in the CHP come into the open, as dissidents call on Kılıçdaroğlu step down over the party’s failure in the presidential poll

Dissidents in the Republican People’s Party (CHP) have called on Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to resign and hold an extraordinary convention in protest at the presidential election results in which the party leadership nominated a conservative elitist instead of a social democrat figure for the presidency.