Following the Ankara Regional Court of Appeal's 36th Civil Chamber decision to annul the party congress, the Afyon provincial organisation lost access to its social media accounts.
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CHP Afyon Provincial Headquarters announced that it lost control of its official Facebook account after the Ankara Regional Court of Appeal's 36th Civil Chamber annulled the party's 38th Ordinary Congress. The provincial headquarters stated that administrative rights to the account had been revoked by centrally appointed General Headquarters administrators.
According to Cumhuriyet newspaper, a similar incident had previously occurred at CHP Aydın Provincial Headquarters, drawing attention to the social media dimension of the trusteeship process affecting local organisations. In this second case following Aydın, provincial headquarters officials again went public to report that they had been locked out of the account.
With the congress annulled by court order and a power struggle persisting between Kılıçdaroğlu's court-appointed administration and elected local officials, the friction between central appointments and grassroots party structures continues to play out on the ground.
The Facebook account of CHP Afyon Provincial Directorate was taken over by state-appointed administrator managers following the court's decision to annul the party congress. After Aydın, this is the second case in which local management lost access to its social media accounts.
The conflict between elected local managers and central appointments at the CHP has spilled over to digital platforms; local party organizations are being deprived of channels such as Facebook that they use to announce news and communicate with their base. The party's internal crisis preventing provincial administrations from connecting with the public in the lead-up to local elections is deepening organizational chaos.

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