A New Party Without a New Beginning: The Same Faces Behind a New Name

Özgür Özel’s departure from the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Republican People’s Party, CHP) and the establishment of Yeni Parti (New Party) have been presented as a moment of democratic renewal. Following the controversial court decision that annulled the CHP’s 2023 congress and restored Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to the party leadership, Özel and ninety other CHP deputies resigned […]