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
Turkey in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest Turkey in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest The participation of Turkey in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest first began in Istanbul, Turkey, at the inaugural Bala Turkvision Song Contest in 2015. Türk Müzik Birliği Television (TMB TV) have been responsible for the selection process of their participants, since their debut in 2015. Cumhuriyet Grubu was the first representative for Turkey at the Bala Turkvision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Hayat bayram olsa", which finished in ninth place out of thirteen participating entries, achieving a score of ninety-five points. As of Bala Turkvision 2015, Turkey have awarded the most points