Turkey's main opposition leader resigns over sex scandal Baykal sex scandal
ANKARA, Turkey - The leader of Turkey's secular main opposition party has resigned as chairman over a sex scandal, days after a secretly-taped video circulating on the Internet allegedly showed he was having an affair with a lawmaker.
Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition Republican People's party, CHP, speaks to the media at a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, May 10, 2010. Baykal resigned from the CHP leadership, ending his four-decades political career, after a secretly-taped video circulating on the internet allegedly showed he was having an affair with his former aide and current lawmaker. Baykal said he was the victim of a political plot.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici
Deniz Baykal, an ardent critic of the Islamic-oriented government's policies, resigned during a news conference saying he was the victim of a political plot by the government.
Baykal said such private images could not be taped without the government's knowledge. The woman in the video is allegedly a former aide, who was elected to parliament from his party. Both Baykal and the woman are married.
Baykal's resignation spelled the end of his four-decade political career and inflicted a blow to his Republican People's Party.
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