Ruling annuls 2023 CHP leadership contest to depose Özgür Özel, in blow to Erdoğan’s rivals Ruling annuls 2023 CHP leadership contest to depose Özgür Özel, in blow to Erdoğan’s rivals A Turkish court has issued a ruling that effectively removes the head of the country’s main opposition party, in the latest blow to challengers of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . The ruling, issued by an appeals court in Ankara on Thursday, annulled a 2023 leadership contest within the Republican People’s party (