The report, produced by the CHP’s Central Executive Board and released late Thursday, laid the blame for its failure to defeat the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on everyone from the US to Islamic religious sects and the European Union.
“Sects that infiltrated into every institution in Turkey in the last five years including those who took shelter in the USA supported the Justice and Development Party,” the report said.
The study claimed that many imams also preached propaganda on behalf of the AKP, and representatives of the party handed out free coal and food in major cities.
The US and the US also assisted the AKP to be re-elected through their support for the ruling party, the report said.
The CHP only won 112 seats in the July election, down from the 180 it gained in the 2002 general election. However, of the 112 deputies elected to the parliament, 12 were from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) and are to break away to represent their own party in the parliament, leaving the CHP with just 100 deputies.
During a meeting of CHP deputies Thursday, a division within the party became apparent, with 12 deputies voting against a motion expressing confidence in party chairman Deniz Baykal.
Following the meeting, Baykal said that the party had assessed the results of the parliamentary election and that the CHP would continue to work under its basic principles and policies. However, he added that he may have made mistakes during the election campaign.
“However, what we need to do is to work harder,” he said.
