ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s main opposition party held a special congress on Sunday and reelected its current party leader as it fights what it calls moves by the government to replace its leadership.

Ozgur Ozel, the chairman of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, urged delegates to cast a vote of no-confidence at the start of Sunday’s congress so as to initiate an election for leader, which he won with all 835 votes in his favor.

Party officials said the maneuver was meant to counter the possibility that courts may oust the current leadership and replace it with a government-approved trustee. Prosecutors have accused CHP of electoral fraud, including buying votes and procedural violations, at its 2023 congress.

The CHP has denied the accusations, describing the legal action as a politi

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