After teargas, protests and legal strife, Turkey has a new opposition party. Is this the man who can oust Erdoğan? | Kaya Genç

Under Özgür Özel, the CHP became Turkey’s most popular party. Now his Yeni (New) movement is growing fast In May this year, police in Ankara stormed the headquarters of the Republican People’s party (CHP), the oldest political party in Turkey. Officers used teargas to enforce a controversial appeal court decision that reinstated the CHP’s 77-year-old former leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu – seen as less of a threat to the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP). CHP members aligned with Kılıçdar...

By Kaya Genç