Turkish opposition party members, others head to polls for primary election
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 23, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026

CHP members and others vote in a primary to endorse Ekrem Imamoglu for the presidency amid his detention on various charges.
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) members and others head to polling stations on Sunday for a primary election to endorse detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as candidate for the next presidential election.
The CHP has called for non-party members to vote to boost public resistance following Imamoglu's detention over charges including graft and aiding a terrorist group. Imamoglu denies the charges.
CHP, which has more than 1.5 million members, set up 5,600 ballot boxes for voting across all of Turkey's 81 provinces. Polls will close at 1400 GMT.
The next election is scheduled to be held in 2028.
(Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by William Mallard)
The main topic is the Turkish opposition CHP's primary election to endorse Ekrem Imamoglu as a presidential candidate.
Ekrem Imamoglu is the detained mayor of Istanbul and a candidate for the Turkish presidential election.
Imamoglu faces charges of graft and aiding a terrorist group, which he denies.
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