21.09.2025 10:20
The 22nd Extraordinary Congress of the Republican People's Party has begun. At the congress, where 1,127 delegates will cast their votes, Özgür Özel will compete as the sole candidate. No seat has been reserved for former CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu at the congress.
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The 22nd Extraordinary Congress of the Republican People's Party (CHP) started at 10:00 AM at the Nazım Hikmet Cultural Center in Ankara.
In the congress where the party's General Chairman Özgür Özel is the sole candidate, Istanbul provincial delegates, members of the Party Assembly (PM), and members of the High Disciplinary Board (YDK) will not vote. According to the party's statute, a confidence vote will be held for the General Chairman along with the 60-member Party Assembly and the 15-member High Disciplinary Board, followed by the election of party organs using the block list method.
ÖZEL IS THE SOLE CANDIDATE
Despite legal obstruction attempts, no rival is expected to emerge against Özgür Özel in the congress. It is stated that no significant changes in the administration are anticipated, and the current team will largely be preserved.
"A TEAM" WILL BE PRESERVED
After the confidence vote, ballots will be cast for the general chairmanship and Party Assembly elections. Özel will compete as the sole candidate using the block list method and will preserve the "A Team" determined in the previous congress.
SPECTATORS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED
Due to the physical conditions of the hall, spectators will not be admitted to the congress. Special working areas have been created in the foyer for members of the press.
KILIÇDAROĞLU AND GÜRSEL TEKİN WILL NOT ATTEND
Former General Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is not expected to attend the congress. It has been reported that some delegates close to Kılıçdaroğlu and Gürsel Tekin, who was appointed as a trustee to the CHP Istanbul Provincial Presidency, will also not be present in the hall.
A SEAT WAS NOT RESERVED FOR KILIÇDAROĞLU
No seat was reserved for Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the CHP congress hall.
CHAIRMANSHIP TO MURAT EMİR
The name of CHP Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir was proposed for the Chairmanship of the Congress.
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