Republican People's Party
Social-democratic political party in Turkey
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| 2024 | Ekrem İmamoğlu was elected President of the Turkish Municipalities Union by a landslide margin, marking the first time CHP has controlled this central government body since 1977. |
| 2024 | The Republican People's Party (CHP) won a significant victory in the local elections, marking its first nationwide electoral triumph since 1977. The party successfully reelected mayors in Istanbul and Ankara and gained new victories in rural Aegean and Central Anatolian provinces, securing 37.8% of the electorate and defeating the AKP (Justice and Development Party) on a national level. |
| 2024 | Özgür Özel leads the party, achieving a significant increase to 37.77% of votes in local elections. |
| 2023 | The party continues as the main opposition, winning 13,655,909 votes (25.33%) and securing 23 seats in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. |
| 2023 | The CHP started voting against Turkish intervention in Syria. |
| November 5 2023 | Özgür Özel became the chairman of the CHP, succeeding previous leadership. |
| November 4 2023 | The 38th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention was held, with Özgür Özel winning the leadership after a runoff vote. |
| July 19 2023 | A 14-minute part of a Zoom conference between Ekrem İmamoğlu and other CHP officials discussing party strategies was leaked on YouTube, causing controversy as it was held without then-leader Kılıçdaroğlu's knowledge. |
| May 14 2023 | CHP candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ran in the presidential election, receiving 24,595,178 votes in the first round (44.88%) and 25,504,724 votes in the second round (47.82%), ultimately finishing in 2nd place. |
| 2022 | Tanju Özcan was dismissed from the CHP, but later pardoned by the new reformist leadership after a criminal investigation regarding his xenophobic policies against Syrian migrants. |
| 2021 | The CHP began voting against Turkish intervention in Iraq. |
| 2019 | Party increases its vote share to 29.36% in local elections. |
| 2019 | The Nation Alliance made significant gains in local elections, with CHP winning municipal mayoralties in İstanbul and Ankara through a tacit collaboration with HDP. |
| 2018 | Muharrem İnce ran for president and subsequently founded the Homeland Party, a populist and self-identified Kemalist political party as an alternative to the CHP. |
| June 24 2018 | CHP candidate Muharrem İnce participated in the presidential election, securing 15,340,321 votes (30.64%) and finishing in 2nd place. |
| 2017 | Kılıçdaroğlu was instrumental in facilitating the formation of the Good Party by transferring MPs to help them establish a parliamentary group. |
| 2016 | Kılıçdaroğlu supported the government during the coup d'état attempt and subsequent purges, even helping pass a law that lifted parliamentary immunities. |
| June 2015 | In the June general election, the AKP lost its parliamentary majority due to strategic voting by CHP voters helping the HDP pass the 10% threshold. |
| 2014 | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu leads the party, winning 26.34% of votes in local elections. |
| 2014 | The CHP urged the Socialist International to accept the Republican Turkish Party of Northern Cyprus as a full member. |
| August 10 2014 | Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu ran in the presidential election, receiving 15,587,720 votes (38.44%) and finishing in 2nd place. |
| 2011 | Under Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's leadership, the party receives 11,155,972 votes (25.98%) and remains the main opposition with 23 seats. |
| 2011 | In the general election, the CHP increased its support by 25%, though not enough to defeat the AKP. |
| May 22 2010 | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu becomes party leader |
| May 10 2010 | Deniz Baykal announced his resignation as leader of the Republican People's Party after a sex tape scandal, leading to Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's election as the new party leader. |
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