An Ankara court ruled on May 21 to annul the Republican People's Party's 2023 congress and replace elected chairman Ozgur Ozel with former leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. The decision followed an appeals process that overturned an earlier lower-court dismissal and coincided with a 6% drop in Borsa Istanbul that triggered circuit breakers. Separate corruption investigations have led to detentions of hundreds of CHP members, including Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.