18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention The 18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention () took place on 5 and 6 September 2014 in order to elect a leader of the Republican People's Party ("Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi - CHP"), a Turkish centre-left political party. Initially, an ordinary convention was due to be held in 2014, two years after the previous one in 2012. However, the party's incumbent leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu accepted calls for an extraordinary convention to be held following the loss of the CHP's presidential candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu in the presidential election held in August. The ordinary convention will thus
Censorship in Turkey shut, including the dailies "Cumhuriyet" (5 times, for 5 months and 9 days), "Tan" (7 times, for 2 months and 13 days), and "Vatan" (9 times, for 7 months and 24 days). When the Democratic Party under Adnan Menderes came to power in 1950, censorship entered a new phase. The Press Law changed, sentences and fines were increased. Several newspapers were ordered shut, including the dailies "Ulus" (unlimited ban), "Hürriyet", "Tercüman", and "Hergün" (two weeks each). In April 1960, a so-called investigation commission (""Tahkikat Komisyonu"") was established by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. It was given the power to