TURKEY’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has repeatedly(反复地) claimed that he and his ruling Justice and Development (AK) party deserve a new opposition. His wish came true(实现，成真) on July 24th, when Ozgur Ozel, Turkey’s top opposition politician not behind bars(在狱中), announced the launch of a new party named, apparently for lack of a better alternative(因为没有更好的选择), the New Party (YP).
土耳其总统雷杰普·塔伊普·埃尔多安一再声称，他和他的执政党正义与发展党（AK）值得拥有一个新的反对派。他的愿望在7月24日实现了：土耳其未被关押的最高反对派政治家厄兹居尔·厄泽尔宣布成立一个新政党，显然因为想不出更好的名字，就叫新党（YP）。
At a stroke, Mr Ozel, recently removed as leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has redrawn(重新绘制) Turkey’s political map. Already, 91 of the CHP’s 135 parliamentarians have defected(叛逃，倒戈) to the YP, making it the second-biggest in parliament (see chart). The CHP had been Turkey’s main opposition party since 2002, when voters swept(席卷，轻易获胜) AK to power. Opinion polls suggest Mr Ozel has taken with him most of the CHP’s voters, too. Some put the YP’s support at over 30%(认为YP支持率超过30%), ahead of Mr Erdogan’s party.
厄泽尔先生不久前被免去共和人民党（CHP）领导人职务，但他一举重新绘制了土耳其的政治版图。CHP 的 135 名议员中已有 91 人倒戈加入 YP，使其成为议会第二大党（见图表）。自 2002 年选民将 AK 党推上台以来，CHP 一直是土耳其的主要反对党。民调显示，厄泽尔还带走了 CHP 的大部分选民。一些民调显示 YP 的支持率超过 30%，领先于埃尔多安的政党。
After leading the CHP for over two years, Mr Ozel was deposed(罢免，废黜) by a court decree(法令，判决) in late May. The court ruled that the party congress that elected him had been rigged(被操纵的，舞弊的) and replaced him with Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who had been the party’s previous leader. When Mr Ozel’s supporters said they would not abide by(遵守，服从) the verdict, police stormed(突袭，猛攻) the CHP’s headquarters.
在领导 CHP 两年多后，厄泽尔先生在5月底被法院法令罢免。法院裁定选举他的党代表大会存在舞弊，并用该党前任领导人凯末尔·克勒奇达罗奥卢取而代之。当厄泽尔的支持者表示不会服从判决时，警方突袭了 CHP 总部。