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The July 12 Declaration is a statement issued by President İsmet İnönü on July 12, 1947. In response to tensions between the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Democrat Party (DP) reaching a level that threatened the regime, İnönü assumed the role of mediator and drafted this declaration. The statement was prepared following meetings between İnönü and CHP leader Recep Peker and DP leader Celal Bayar between June 7 and July 10, 1947. It was read on the radio on July 11 and published in the p

Asım Vasfi Bey, born in Erzurum in 1891, was a politician who held active roles from the First World War through the Republican era. He served as a member of the Teşkilât-ı Mahsûsa and participated in the War of Independence, becoming a deputy for Erzurum in the 1st, 3rd and 4th terms of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. He served on various committees in the TBMM and drew attention through legislative proposals and critical reports. His influential reports on party organization within the

The 22nd Extraordinary Congress of the CHP convened in Ankara on 21 September 2025, during which Özgür Özel was elected party leader for the third time. The congress was held at the Nazım Hikmet Culture Center in Ankara’s Yenimahalle district. Within the framework of the party constitution, a vote of no confidence was brought to the agenda and followed by an election, resulting in Özgür Özel being re-elected as General Chairman of the CHP. This congress marked the second extraordinary and third

Ayşe Sabiha Gökçül Erbay was an educator and politician who was among the first women to serve as a member of parliament in the history of the Republic of Türkiye. She was born in 1900 in Bergama (Balıkesir). After completing her primary and secondary education, she received teacher training and was elected to the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye for two separate terms in 1935 and 1942. She played significant roles during the early Republican period in the fields of education, political servic