First African American NYPD Commissioner (1926–2002)
Ozgur Ozel has resigned from the Republican People’s Party with 90 MPs and has registered a new group, the "New Party", with the Interior Ministry. The split has reduced the CHP to about 44 seats in the 600-seat parliament and leaves the New Party with 91 lawmakers, set to become the main opposition against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.