Three crises in one week in Turkey's main opposition CHP

Three crises in one week have been experienced inside the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).
 
The first one was around former CHP chair Deniz Baykal. Baykal had called CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on April 26 to ask for a meeting. They met on April 30 and the meeting was reportedly productive, with Kılıçdaroğlu happy with Baykal's analyses concerning the recent referendum results. As he was leaving, Baykal said he wanted to go on TV to discuss the content of the meeting, and Kılıçdaroğlu said that would be a good idea. On the evening of May 1, Baykal appeared on CNN Türk. Kılıçdaroğlu was not watching the live broadcast but his phone soon started ringing and messages started pouring in. Kılıçdaroğlu reviewed Baykal's statements after the program and saw that he had diverted far beyond the framework of their meeting one day before. Although he was upset, Kılıçdaroğlu curbed the negative reactions, saying that Baykal had the right to explain his views. 

The second crisis erupted on the morning of May 2. While Baykal's statements were in the headlines of newspapers, a bigger surprise came when daily Akşam used CHP deputy Fikri Sağlar's statements in its headline: "The real 'one-man' is Kılıçdaroğlu" 

Calls and messages started pouring into Kılıçdaroğlu's phone once again. Two sentences of Sağlar particularly upset him. One was his statement that "the real 'one-man' is Kılıçdaroğlu," criticizing the CHP leader for suppressing intra-party debate. This was a line frequently used by ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) cabinet ministers during the referendum campaign, and now it is being used by a member of the CHP. The other disturbing sentence was Sağlar's statement that "We may discuss a subject for six or seven hours...