in-cyprus24 Jul 2026

Beleagured Turkish opposition attempts to regroup with new party

Beleagured Turkish opposition attempts to regroup with new party

Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel and 91 breakaway lawmakers applied on Friday to launch a new political party, seeking to regroup to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan after their former party faced an unprecedented legal crackdown.

They applied to the interior ministry to launch the so-called New Party in protest over a May court ruling that had annulled the Republican People’s Party (CHP) 2023 congress and stripped Ozel of his title as CHP chairman....

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