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ISTANBUL \u2014 Tens of thousands of supporters of the deposed leader of Turkey\u2019s main opposition party marched through central Ankara on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Ozgur Ozel was removed from his post at the head of the Republican People\u2019s Party, or CHP, by court order on May 21. Many people consider the ruling to be a politically motivated bid to neutralize the opposition.<\/p>\n

Crowds earlier gathered in Guven Park in the heart of the Turkish capital to hear Ozel deliver a speech condemning his removal. They then joined him on an impromptu march to the mausoleum of Turkey\u2019s founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are attempting to replace the CHP\u2019s elected chairman and appoint a trustee,\u201d Ozel told supporters. \u201cToday is the day to restart our march to power. I wish this were an internal party matter. This is not an internal matter for the CHP. This is a matter between (President) Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The appeals court ruling overturned a 2023 party congress vote that appointed Ozel as CHP leader. The court decision replaced him with his predecessor, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, sparking outrage among party supporters.<\/p>\n

Ozel, 51, succeeded the 77-year-old Kilicdaroglu after 13 years of mostly ineffective opposition to Erdogan.<\/p>\n

Ozel has framed the court case, which centered on alleged irregularities in the congress vote, as the latest legal attack on the CHP. Criminal cases across the country, mostly alleging corruption in CHP-run municipalities, have seen hundreds of elected officials and party members detained.<\/p>\n

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The government insists that Turkey\u2019s courts are impartial and act independently of political pressure.<\/p>\n

As people were gathering in Guven Park, Kilicdaroglu was holding a rival gathering at the CHP headquarters in Ankara, which police stormed last Sunday to remove Ozel and his supporters.<\/p>\n

Addressing a much smaller crowd, Kilicdaroglu condemned the previous party administration for overseeing widespread corruption.<\/p>\n

The CHP is level with the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, in most recent opinion polls and although the next election is not due until 2028, many expect Erdogan to push for early elections.<\/p>\n

Ozel delivered a serious blow to the AKP in the 2024 municipal elections, strengthening the opposition\u2019s grip on key cities it had won five years earlier, including Istanbul and Ankara.<\/p>\n

The CHP mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, emerged as the likeliest challenger to Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey since 2003, in the next presidential poll. But he has been imprisoned since March last year as he faces several criminal cases that could see him sentenced to decades behind bars.<\/p>\n

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