The Republican People's Party is a centre-left, social democratic political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party in Turkey, founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president and found
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his Prime Minister İsmet İnönü, 1936. İnönü would succeed him as president and CHP chairman after his death.
The Six Arrows statue in the garden of the Grand National Assembly during the 4th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention, 1935
The CHP (then known with the acronym "CHF") sponsored many nation building projects throughout the 1930s, such as People's Platforms.
Bülent Ecevit and Jimmy Carter, 1978
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, also referred to by his initials KK, is a Turkish politician who served as the leader of the Republican People's Party from 2010 to 2023. He was Leader of the Main Opposition in Tu
Republican People's Party
…members from the pre-1980 period. From 2002 to 2026 it was the main opposition party to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). In May 2026, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was re-appointed as chairman via a controversial court order, invalidating the previous party congress that resulted in Özgür Özel becoming chairman…
Kılıçdaroğlu during a public appearance in Ankara, April 2011
Kılıçdaroğlu during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, November 2010
Kılıçdaroğlu on a visit to Washington D.C., December 2013