Ratusan polisi Turki menggerebek kantor pusat partai oposisi utama, Partai Rakyat Republik (CHP), di Ankara usai pengadilan mencopot kepemimpinan partai.

It was a violent end to a standoff that had been going on for several hours between members of the Republican Peoples’ Party, or CHP, and its new court-appointed leadership.

Many observers have said the legal cases against the CHP — mostly centered on corruption allegations — are aimed at neutralizing the party ahead of the next election.