Akin Unver, Ertegun predavač na turskim studijama sa Univerziteta u Princetonu, kaže da se mnogi sekularisti u Turskoj izgleda mire s idejom o tome da CHP neće u bliskoj budućnosti samostalno formirari vladu, tako da se stranka pokušava preformulirati kao pouzdana opoziciona partija.
Akin Unver, the Ertegun Lecturer of Turkish Studies at Princeton University, says many secularists in Turkey seem to be settling with the idea that the CHP will not assume government on its own in the near future, so the party is trying to re-formulate itself as credible opposition party.