At the same time, the TKP made clear that its opposition to the intervention does not imply political support for the CHP, stressing its independent communist position toward all bourgeois political forces in Turkey.
The TKP emphasized that the issue goes beyond the CHP itself. In its statement, the party warned that the government’s attempt to shape and directly control opposition parties represents a dangerous escalation of authoritarian rule and undermines even the already distorted framework of Turkey’s political and electoral system. The communists declared that they do not recognize the legitimacy of this “judicial” intervention.
TKP General Secretary Kemal Okuyan underlined that the Erdoğan government does not simply want Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to lead the CHP again, but is seeking a broader paralysis and reorganization of the opposition under state pressure. Okuyan argued that the ruling bloc aims to weaken and fragment the CHP through judicial mechanisms while deepening political instability in order to secure its own survival amid growing economic and social discontent.
The developments come amid an intensifying crackdown on the Turkish opposition, including arrests, prosecutions and political pressure against CHP officials and mayors, most notably the imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. Opposition forces and critics inside Turkey increasingly describe the process as a “judicial coup” designed to subordinate political life entirely to the interests of the ruling AKP-MHP bloc.
