Turkish riot police on Sunday forced their way into the headquarters of Turkey's main opposition party, using tear gas and rubber bullets to evict its ousted leadership in Ankara.
The move followed a court ruling on Thursday that nullified the 2023 election of Ozgur Ozel as chairperson of the Republican People's Party, known as the CHP.
The court suspended Ozel and members of the party's executive board and temporarily reinstated former chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
Ozel's ousted CHP leadership rejected the ruling as a "judicial coup" and vowed to remain day and night at the party's Ankara headquarters.Ozel's supporters and officials had been holed up inside for three daysImage: Efekan Akyuz/REUTERS
Kilicdaroglu's backers tried to take over the building
