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
Miss Turkey the Miss Universe pageant, competed the following year instead. Miss Turkey Miss Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Güzelleri) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspaper "Cumhuriyet". Since 1980, it has been run by the "Miss Turkey Organization". Between the years 1980–1990, the contest was sponsored by the newspapers "Güneş", "Sabah", "Tercüman", "Bulvar", and some others. With the establishment of private TV channels in Turkey in 1990, the channels Magic Box, Show TV, Channel D, Star TV, NTV, CNBC-e and FOX TV took over the promotion of the pageant. The title "Miss Turkey" is