""Mutlak butlan" means absolute nullity, referring to a situation where something is considered completely void or invalid from the beginning. This is exactly what could happen on June 30, when the trial against the CHP comes to an end. If judges in the capital, Ankara, decide to declare the 38th party congress of the CHP null and void, the party's entire reform-minded leadership would lose its legitimacy."
"Following the CHP's landslide defeat in Turkey's presidential election in May 2023, there were calls for a change of leadership within the party. In particular, the self-confident Imamoglu, who defeated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's candidate three times in Istanbul, urged his party to reform. At the party congress the following November, Imamoglu supported the current party chairman Ozgur Ozel, who prevailed against long-time chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a vote that saw all party leaders replaced."
"However, Kilicdaroglu's traditional nationalist wing did not accept the defeat. As a result, they filed criminal charges and claimed that the election process at the party congress in question had been conducted illegally. They also accused the reformist wing under Ozel and Imamoglu of having only won the victory by buying delegates' votes. In turn, the public prosecutor's office launched an investigation."
Mutlak butlan means absolute nullity and could render the CHP's 38th party congress void from the start if judges in Ankara rule so on June 30. Such a verdict would strip the reformist leadership of legal legitimacy and risk plunging Turkey's oldest party into chaos amid mass protests following the imprisonment of presidential candidate and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in March. The November congress saw Ozgur Ozel, backed by Imamoglu, replace long-time leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Kilicdaroglu's nationalist wing filed criminal charges, alleging illegal procedures and vote-buying, prompting a public prosecutor's investigation that led to the current trial.
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