The court-appointed leadership of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), led by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has appointed new provincial party chairs in eight provinces as it continues to reorganize the party following a court ruling that reinstated him as chairman, Turkish Minute reported. Party spokesperson Müslim Sarı said new provincial chairs had been appointed in Ardahan, Çankırı, Erzincan, Kahramanmaraş, Karabük, Kırklareli, Kilis and Kocaeli. The latest appointments bring the number of provincial CHP organizations whose leadership has been replaced by Kılıçdaroğlu’s administration to 66. According to the party, the provincial organizations in Gümüşhane and Kahramanmaraş had previously resigned en masse and joined the newly established New Party. Provincial party organizations in Sakarya, Bartın, Mersin, Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman, Elazığ, Bingöl, Bayburt, Van, Siirt, Şırnak and Hatay remain under their existing leadership.