Turkey's main opposition elects Ozgur Ozel as new leader in run-up to local elections

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Domaine de Grand Pré’s Recipe for Award-Winning Service and Hospitality | SaltWireANKARA - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party late on Saturday elected Ozgur Ozel as its new leader, ending a 13-year term for incumbent Kemal Kilicdaroglu, as the country gears for important local elections in March 2024.

Ozel received 812 of 1,366 possible votes at a tense, hours-long party congress in Ankara that took two rounds. "We have believed in turning hopelessness into hope, we are hopeful," Ozel said, surrounded by applauding party members and standing alongside Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.

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