Ousted Turkish opposition leader's team resigns to trigger chairman vote

Ozgur Ozel's team resigned from the CHP's 57-member assembly in Ankara, triggering an extraordinary congress to elect a new chairman. The resignations follow a court decision last month that annulled CHP's 2023 congress and reinstated Kemal Kilicdaroglu as leader, a ruling critics call politically charged amid Turkey's broader crackdown on the opposition. The 28 of the 57 assembly members who stepped down collapse the chamber and create a 45-day window for a congress, according to Ozel's office. Kilicdaroglu had sought the expulsion of nine Ozel loyalists, including four assembly members and lawmakers, in the days before. The developments have unsettled markets and raised concerns about democracy and the rule of law in Turkey.