Turkish media reported that all members of the central committee of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) submitted their resignations on Thursday in light of the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections.
According to the same sources, party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who lost in the presidential election to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accepted all resignations following Thursday's meeting of the committee at the party's headquarters in the capital, Ankara.
The meeting of the Central Committee headed by Kılıçdaroğlu lasted 5 hours continuously, and is the first meeting at the level of the CHP leadership after the elections.
The party seeks to renew its leadership and develop a road map for the next stage after losing its president - the candidate of the opposition People's Alliance - in the presidential elections, in addition to the decline in the party's tally in the parliamentary elections when the seats won by the candidates on its lists are excluded from the parties allied with it.
The ceremony of handing over Erdogan's presidency document in the Turkish Parliament (Anatolia)
On the other hand, the head of the High Election Commission, Ahmet Yanar, handed over the presidential document to Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop, who will in turn hand it over to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the swearing-in session of the president and the new parliamentarians.
The handover ceremony took place at the Turkish parliament on Thursday after the final results of the presidential election were announced and sent for publication in the Official Gazette.
According to the final results of the run-off on May 28, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received 52.18 percent of the vote, and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu received 47.82 percent.
The turnout in the run-off was 84.15%, with 54,23,601 voters inside and outside the country casting their ballots.