ÖÖ
Özgür Özel
PoliticianLean Left
The leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
Notable Quotes
"This trial is a conspiratorial case. It is an attempted coup by Tayyip Erdoğan against the next president and the next government."View Story →
"We are experiencing a dark day for Turkish democracy."View Story →
"These coup plotters don't come with tanks, cannons, rifles or camouflage; these coup plotters come in judges' and prosecutors' robes."View Story →
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