38th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention
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The 38th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention (Turkish: 38. CHP Olağan Kurultayı), also called the Democracy and Unity Convention (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Birlik Kurultayı) was held on 4–5 November 2023 in Ankara Arena. During the convention, the leader and congress of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the centre-left main opposition party in Turkey, was elected.
Özgür Özel was elected as the party leader, bringing an end to the 13-year tenure of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who first won the position in 2010.[1][2]Moreover, this marks the only time in the history of the party, except for the short-lived party leader Altan Öymen, that the sitting party leader was defeated in a party congress.
On the second day of the congress, when elections to the party council and the disciplinary comittee took place, 1368[3][4] delegates cast their votes in total, 1200[5] of which were determined by the provincial party congresses and 168 of which had the status of natural delegate. According to the results announced on November 6th, names close to the incoming party leader Özel were elected to the party organs.
On 8 November 2023, the Supreme Election Council certified Özgür Özel as the new party leader.[6]
The congress about the party rulebook, which was scheduled for 25-26 November 2023, was delayed until 4-8 September 2024 because of the approaching local elections.[7]
Background
[edit]Congress calendar
[edit]According to the meeting of the central executive comittee on 6 June 2023, the calendar for the congress was announced.[8] Accordingly, the time period for the elections for the delegates to the district congresses took place between 3-30 July 2023. The newly elected delegates met between 5 August and 10 September to choose the administration of the district party leaders and the delegates to the provincial party congresses.[9] The provincial congresses took place between 16 September and 17 October, when the provincial party administrators and the delegates to the central party congress were elected.
After the conclusion of the provincial congresses, the party council decided on 26 September 2023 that the grand congress would take place on 4-5 November and the party rule congress would take place on 25-26 November.
Delegates
[edit]During the provincial conrgesses between 16 September and 17 October, which took place in every 81 of the provinces of Turkey, 1200 delegates were elected, corresponding to twice the number of seats in the Grand National Assembly. Additionally, CHP members of parliament, members of the party council and the disciplinary comittee cast their votes in the conrgess as natural delegates.
Out of the 1368 delegates, 1200 of which were determined in the regional congresses and the remaining 168 are classified as natural delegates, 1366 delegates cast their votes.
The congress
[edit]The congress took place on 4-5 November 2023 in the Ankara Arena.[10] The presidium of the congress was lead by the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu.[11] On the first day of the congress, elections took place for the new party leader and on the second day, the elections to the party organs took place.
Candidate for the party leadership Özgür Özel stated that he would be pleased by İmamoğlu's chairship of the congress.[12] The slogan for the congress was chosen to be "The Congress for Democracy and Peace for the Second Century of the Republic".[13][14]
Elections for the party leadership
[edit]The elections for the position of party leader took place on Saturday, 4th of November.[15]
Despite not having announced his candidacy yet, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu collected signatures from the delegates and was nominated as a candidate for the party leader.[16] At the same time, deputy leader of the parliamentary group of CHP, Özgür Özel,[17] member of the partdy council between 2003 and 2008, Örsan Kunter Öymen,[18] former MP İlhan Cihaner and party member Ünal Karahasan[19] announced their candidacies for the leadership.
The candidates needed the signature of 5% of the delegates attending the congress to appear on the ballot, which amounted to 69 delegates.[20] Only Kılıçdaroğlu and Özel fulfilled this requirement, and thus appeared on the ballot.[21]
First round
[edit]- Özgür Özel (49.93%)
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (48.61%)
In the first round, Özgür Özel led Kılıçdaroğlu by 18 votes. Since an absolute majority of the delegates were required for the position and Özel was 2 votes short of that, a second round was held afterwards.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Özgür Özel | 682 | 49.9 | |
| Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | 664 | 48.6 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 20 | 1.5 | |
| Total | 1,366 | 100.0 | |
Second round
[edit]- Özgür Özel (59.44%)
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (39.24%)
The second round took place on 5 November between 00.30 and 02.30.[22] Özgür Özel would win this round in a landslide, becoming the 8th leader of the Republican People's Party.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Özgür Özel | 812 | 59.44 | |
| Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | 536 | 39.24 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 18 | 1.32 | |
| Total | 1,366 | 100.0 | |
Elections for the party organs
[edit]On Sunday, 5 November the 60 members of the party council and the 15 members of the party disciplinary comittee were determined. Özgür Özel and Oğuz Kaan Salıcı would create a list of members for the two organs, whereas Kılıçdaroğlu would not create such a list.[23] The amount of votes received by each candidate is shown in parantheses.
Party council
[edit]Elected directly (52 members)
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Elected through the quota for science, culture and administration (8 members)
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Disciplinary comittee (15 members)
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References
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- ^ "Main opposition ousts longtime leader, elects Özgür Özel". Hürriyet Daily News. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ^ Gündem, Gerçek (30 October 2023). "Faik Öztrak'tan kurultay açıklaması: 'Kimse delegelerinin iradesine ipotek koyamaz'". www.gercekgundem.com/siyaset/faik-oztraktan-kurultay-aciklamasi-kimse-delegelerinin-iradesine-ipotek-koyamaz-439938 (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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- ^ "CHP Genel Başkanı Özel, mazbatasını aldı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 8 November 2023. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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- ^ "CHP Kurultayı'na doğru: İmamoğlu Divan Başkanlığı'nı kabul etti". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "CHP Kurultayı'na doğru: İmamoğlu Divan Başkanlığı'nı kabul etti". BBC News Türkçe (in Turkish). 26 October 2023. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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- ^ "CHP'NİN 38. OLAĞAN KURULTAYI: "İKİNCİ YÜZYILDA DEMOKRASİ VE BİRLİK KURULTAYI"". ankahaber.net. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "CHP'de kurultay takvimi netleşti" (in Turkish). Gazete Oksijen. 26 September 2023. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "Kılıçdaroğlu kurultayda nasıl aday olacak? Aday olmayacak gösterilecek". Milliyet (in Turkish). 25 September 2023. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Özgür Özel, CHP Genel Başkanlığı'na adaylığı açıkladı". Sözcü (in Turkish). 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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