The 21st extraordinary congress of Turkiye’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) has begun at the Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center in Ankara.

Axar.az reports the congress is mainly focused on the election of the party leader.

Berhan Simsek failed to collect the required number of delegate signatures, while another candidate, Umit Uysal, withdrew his candidacy shortly after the congress began. As a result, current chairman Ozgür Ozel remained the sole candidate.

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CHP Chairman Ozgur Ozel has been re-elected as the party leader with 1,171 votes.

It was reported that a total of 1,276 votes were cast, of which 105 were deemed invalid.