Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been reelected chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP).

At the CHP regular general congress, party MP Muharrem İnce and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ran the post of CHP Chairman, according to Cumhuriyet newspaper of Turkey.

As a result of the congress delegates’ voting, İnce and Kılıçdaroğlu received 447 and 790 votes, respectively, and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was once again declared chairman of the CHP. 

Kılıçdaroğlu was born in Tunceli—formerly Dersim—Province of Turkey. According to the Turkish press, his mother is Armenian. Kılıçdaroğlu has not refuted the questions on whether his mother is Armenian, and has said that his mother’s nationality does not matter. 

“My mother may very well be Armenian,” he had stated, in particular.