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What was the outcome of the 2024 local elections for the CHP (Republican People’s Party)?

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In 2024 the CHP (Republican People’s Party) won local elections in most of the country’s major cities and provinces, marking a historic turning point in the CHP’s fortunes and the worst defeat for the ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party) since its rise to power in 2002. The success may have been short-lived. It took place under new party leadership by Özgür Özel. When Özel’s leadership was overturned by a court in 2026, he formed a new party and took most of the CHP with him.