Turkey's main opposition elects Ozgur Ozel as new leader in run-up to local elections

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) late on Saturday elected Ozgur Ozel as its new leader, ending a 13-year term for incumbent Kemal Kilicdaroglu, as the country gears for important local elections in March 2024.

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu attends a swearing-in ceremony as he is accompanied by Ozgur Ozel at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/file photoANKARA, Nov 4 -

Ozel received 812 of 1,366 possible votes at a tense, hours-long party congress in Ankara that took two rounds. "We have believed in turning hopelessness into hope, we are hopeful," Ozel said, surrounded by applauding party members and standing alongside Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

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