After winning the lawsuit he filed against his expulsion from the Republican People's Party (CHP), he came back to the agenda. Özlem Bayrakçı Erkan, Erkan took an important step regarding the ongoing judicial process. In a written statement shared with the public, Erkan said that his lawyer Cevahir Kilic with the Turkish government.
According to Erkan's statement, Lawyer Cevahir Kılıç, who represented him in the lawsuit filed for the annulment of the CHP's 38th Istanbul Provincial Congress, which is currently pending before the Istanbul 45th Civil Court of First Instance, was dismissed “upon necessity”.
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In the lawsuit I filed for the annulment of the 38th Istanbul Provincial Congress of the Republican People's Party (CHP), which is currently pending before the 45th Civil Court of First Instance in Istanbul, I have dismissed Attorney Cevahir Kılıç as of this moment. Judiciary...- 🕊Özlem Bayrakçı Erkan (@ozlm_byrkc_erkn) April 20, 2026
In the statement made, “I have dismissed Attorney Cevahir Kılıç, who served as my lawyer in the lawsuit I filed for the annulment of the 38th Istanbul Provincial Congress of the Republican People's Party, which is still pending at the Istanbul 45th Civil Court of First Instance, as of now. The next stages of the judicial process will be closely followed by me, and it is respectfully announced to the public.”.