Ozel Announces New Party to Challenge Erdogan After Court Ouster

Former CHP chairman seeks new vehicle against ruling coalition as parliament remains 32 seats short of early election threshold

Ozgur Ozel announced on July 21 that he will form a new political party to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan, a declaration made two months after a court removed him from leadership of the Republican People’s Party. The move establishes a fresh opposition entity outside the institutional structure that has served as Turkey’s primary counterweight to executive power for two decades, reshaping the landscape well before the next scheduled national vote in May 2028 [1].

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