President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that the government would not be drawn into disputes within Türkiye's main opposition CHP and would not allow unrest on the streets, in his first public comments since a court ruling last month annulled the party's 2023 congress and removed its leadership. The court ruling effectively reinstated former CHP chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu, a divisive figure within the party who lost a presidential election to Erdogan in 2023. Speaking after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Erdogan said the government had no part in a political and legal struggle that had "spilled from party congress halls into court corridors" and would not allow "the streets to be thrown into turmoil" or the public to be pitted against security forces.
