A Turkish court has thrown out a case against the country’s main opposition party that would have unseated its leader, Ozgur Ozel , on grounds that the charges had no substance.

The case, which centred on allegations of vote buying and procedural irregularities at a 2023 congress held by the Republican People’s Party (CHP), was dismissed by the Ankara court on Friday, after the judge found it had “no basis”, according to news agency AFP.

The case , brought by a former party member in February, had sought to invalidate the results of the congress, which had seen 51-year-old Ozel elected chairman, at a time when hundreds of party members had been jailed this year for alleged corruption.

Turkiye’s law enforcement agencies have detained more than 500 people, including 16 mayors over the

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