Turkey: 3 opposition party lawmakers resign

Chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu speaks in Ankara, Turkey on June 16, 2020 [Mustafa Murat Kaynak/Anadolu Agency]

Three lawmakers from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) have resigned.

The lawmakers, Mehmet Ali Celebi, Huseyin Avni Aksoy, and Ozcan Ozel, held a joint news conference in parliament to announce their resignation.

They are expected to join the recently launched Homeland Movement headed by Muharrem Ince, a former member of the CHP and its presidential candidate for the 2018 election.CHP now holds 135 out of 600 seats in parliament.

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