Turkey's main opposition leader resigns due to sexual scandal
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Deniz Baykal, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), resigned from his post on Monday after the release of a videotape allegedly showing him having an affair with a female lawmaker, Turkish media reported.
![Deniz Baykal, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), leaves a press conference in Ankara, capital of Turkey, May 10, 2010. Deniz Baykal resigned from his post on Monday after the release of a videotape allegedly showing him having an affair with a female lawmaker, Turkish media reported. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20100511/000cf1bdd03f0d5314a511.jpg "Deniz Baykal, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), leaves a press conference in Ankara, capital of Turkey, May 10, 2010. Deniz Baykal resigned from his post on Monday after the release of a videotape allegedly showing him having an affair with a female lawmaker, Turkish media reported. [Xinhua]") |
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Deniz Baykal, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), leaves a press conference in Ankara, capital of Turkey, May 10, 2010. Deniz Baykal resigned from his post on Monday after the release of a videotape allegedly showing him having an affair with a female lawmaker, Turkish media reported. [Xinhua] |
Baykal told a news conference here he was facing an illegal and unethical conspiracy, referring to a video tape allegedly featuring Baykal and a female CHP deputy put on the Internet last week, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
Members of the CHP have claimed the scandal was a conspiracy against their party, which is in the midst of a row with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) over a constitutional amendment bill.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has condemned the incident, saying it was extremely obnoxious, according to the agency.
The Chief Prosecutor's Office in Ankara has launched a criminal investigation over the case, it said.
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