Then Kılıçdaroğlu went to the National Pact Tower and wrote the following in the Anıtkabir Special Book:
"Great Ataturk, Dear Chairman, we are before you on the 103rd anniversary of the establishment of our Republican People's Party, with the spirit of independence and founding of September 9. The fire of independence you lit still illuminates our way today. The Republican People's Party you founded continues to live as one of the greatest trusts you have left to us. Being worthy of your trust, protecting the morality, justice and virtue woven into the fabric of the Republican People's Party means resolutely maintaining the will to be purified from all kinds of corruption and the clean understanding of politics. This responsibility We promise to crown our Republic with democracy in the 2nd century and to make the nation's sovereignty completely dominant. We will continue our struggle to make our country a country of democracy, justice and hope, with the strength we receive from the spirit of September 9. We bow down to your beloved memory, remember our comrades and martyrs with mercy, our veterans with gratitude, and we remember all the members of the Republican People's Party who lost their lives.
The first political party of Türkiye, which gained a new form of government after the War of Independence, was founded by the leader of the War of Independence, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, under the name "People's Party".
In 1924, the word "Republic" was added to the name of the party. At the fourth congress in 1935, it was named "Republican People's Party".
CHP, one of the oldest political parties in the world and in power from 1923 to 1950, was closed after the military coup of September 12, 1980. The party was later reopened on September 9, 1992, the 69th anniversary of its establishment, based on Law No. 3821.
Apart from those who served by proxy, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, İsmet İnönü, Bülent Ecevit, Hikmet Çetin, Altan Öymen, Deniz Baykal, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Özgür Özel were seated as the chairman of the CHP.
The first congress of CHP was accepted as the Sivas Congress, and the second congress held on October 15, 1927 took its place in history as the congress where Atatürk read the "Great Speech".
Within the scope of the congress, Atatürk, who spoke for a total of 36 hours and 33 minutes between 15-20 October, explained all periods of the National Liberation War, which started on 19 May 1919, and the conditions for the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, based on documents. At the congress, which ended with the "Address to the Youth" section, "Republicanism, Populism, Nationalism and Secularism" were determined as the four basic principles of the party.
"Statism and Revolutionism" was added to the principles of the CHP at the third ordinary congress held on May 10, 1931. Thus, the process of introducing the six principles that form the philosophy of the "six arrows", which will be the emblem of the party, into the party program and charter was completed.
CHP's fourth ordinary congress on May 9, 1935 was the last congress attended by Atatürk.
The party, which was closed after the coup, took its place on the political scene again with Deniz Baykal, who was elected as the chairman after the congress held on September 9, 1992.
After the merger of SHP and CHP on February 18, 1995, Hikmet Çetin was appointed as the chairman. At the Ordinary Congress held on September 9, 1995, Deniz Baykal was re-elected as the chairman.
Baykal resigned on April 21, 1999, after his party fell short of the threshold in the General Elections held on April 18, 1999. Altan Öymen, who was elected as the chairman at the congress held after Baykal's resignation, continued this duty for 15 months. At the 11th Extraordinary Congress held on September 30, 2000, Baykal was once again appointed as the chairman.
CHP re-entered the Parliament as the main opposition party with 19.4 percent of the votes in the General Elections held on November 3, 2002.
Following the 38th Ordinary Congress, in which Özgür Özel was elected as the Chairman of the CHP, former Hatay Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Lütfü Savaş and some congress delegates applied to the judiciary, demanding the cancellation of the congress, claiming that the congress was held against the principles of intra-party democracy, equality and free will.
The first instance court ruled that the lawsuits filed were irrelevant and rejected the request, citing the fact that the CHP held new congresses and an extraordinary charter congress after the congress process.
Thereupon, the plaintiffs appealed this decision of the local court to the 36th Civil Chamber of the Ankara Regional Court of Justice (BAM), which is the appeal authority.
As a result of the investigations, BAM 36th Legal Chamber decided to preemptively suspend Özgür Özel and the party management from office and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and his management to take over the duty in the CHP congress case due to "absolute nullity".
Özel, who was suspended from duty by the court, objected to the court's injunction decision and filed an individual appeal on 22 May.
Upon the application of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's lawyer, CHP Headquarters was evacuated by the police on May 24. Özel left the party with his entourage and walked to the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
