11th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention

Republican People's Party Convention, 2000

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Candidate Deniz Baykal Altan Öymen Party CHP CHP Constituency Antalya Istanbul Delegate vote 543 355 Percentage 59.5% 38.9%   Candidate Hasan Fehmi Güneş Sefa Sirmen Party CHP CHP Constituency Istanbul Kocaeli Delegate vote 12 3 Percentage 1.3% 0.3%

Leader before election Altan Öymen CHP Elected Leader Deniz Baykal CHP

The 11th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention was held on 30 September 2000 in Ankara to elect a leader for the Republican People's Party (CHP), a political party in Turkey. Former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Deniz Baykal was elected as leader for a third non-consecutive time, replacing Altan Öymen who came second. Baykal had initially resigned as leader after the 1999 general election where the CHP lost all its parliamentary representation. All 60 members of the party council as well as the 15 members of the High Disciplinary Board were also elected.

The convention was called after a dispute between the party leader and the Central Executive Committee. The dispute arose after the CHP provincial office for Mersin was accused of illegally recruiting members, to which Öymen responded by demanding the accused officials to step down from their positions. After bringing up the dispute at a party council meeting, Öymen decided that the only way to settle the lack of confidence in his leadership was to call an extraordinary convention with a leadership election.