Turkey's Republican Party Split
The Republican People's Party in Turkey, the country's oldest political party, has experienced a series of splits over its 103-year history, due to leadership struggles and ideological differences. The latest crisis centered around a Turkish court's decision to annul the results of its recent leadership election and remove its leader, Özgür Özel, which led to a faction breaking away and forming a new party. This development diminished the party's position as the main opposition in Parliament. Previous splits included the founding of the Progressive Republican Party just a year after the party's establishment, disagreements following Atatürk's death that led to the creation of the Democratic Party, the split of the Trust Party in 1967, and the recent break by Özel, one of the most severe crises the party has faced. Özel resigned and left with dozens of members, at a time when the party is grappling with corruption issues and arrests of its leadership.
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