"Deep split in Turkish opposition party
By Susan Sachs The New York Times Monday, January 31, 2005
ISTANBUL After a raucous session of name-calling and a chair-throwing melee that had to be broken up by the riot police, Turkey's main opposition leader beat back a challenge by reformers on Sunday and was re-elected to lead the Republican People's Party.
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The vote at a special two-day convention exposed the deep divisions within the party, which has tried to present itself as a secular and center-left counterweight to the more religious-minded Justice and Development Party of Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan."
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