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Turkish court adjourns case on whether to oust opposition leader

AL-MONITOR
Sep 15, 2025
Workers hang a banner featuring images of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel and jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ahead of a rally, a day before a court is set to rule on whether to annul the party's last general congress and unseat its leader, in Ankara, Turkey, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Workers hang a banner featuring images of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel and jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ahead of a rally, a day before a court is set to rule on whether to annul the party's last general congress and unseat its leader, in Ankara, Turkey, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas — Umit Bektas

ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Monday adjourned to October a case on whether to annul the 2023 congress of the country's main opposition CHP party over irregularities and oust its leader Ozgur Ozel, in a long-running crackdown that has created a political crisis.

(Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Jonathan Spicer)

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