Turkey’s main opposition party reelects leader in a bid to avoid government crackdown

Ozgur Ozel, the chairman of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, urged delegates to cast a vote of no-confidence at the start of Sunday’s congress so as to initiate an election for leader, which he won with all 835 votes in his favor. Party officials said the maneuver was meant to counter the pos...

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