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ANKARA \u2014 Police stormed the offices of Turkey\u2019s main opposition CHP party on Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at a crowd of party supporters and officials gathered outside the gates.<\/p>\n

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It was a violent end to a standoff that had been going on for several hours between members of the Republican Peoples\u2019 Party, or CHP, and its new court-appointed leadership.<\/p>\n

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Footage taken by local media in the courtyard and inside the building shows huge clouds of tear gas with riot police storming through the premises, before journalists were removed by the police. Correspondents who had been in the building during the raid reported that doors and furniture were destroyed.<\/p>\n

Tension had been rising since Thursday when an appeals court nullified the election of Ozgur Ozel as party chairperson in November 2023, suspending him and members of the party\u2019s executive board.<\/p>\n

The ruling said he should be replaced by Kemal Kilicdaroglu, his predecessor, who led the party for 13 years but never won any national elections.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ozel, in his first and only election as party leader, delivered a decisive blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u2019s ruling Justice and Development Party in the 2024 municipal polls.<\/p>\n

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The opposition says the decision was politically motivated to weaken the party as it struggles under waves of legal cases targeting its members and elected officials.<\/p>\n

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The next presidential election is due in 2028, but Erdo\u011fan can call for an early vote. His main challenger, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a CHP member, has been imprisoned since March last year and is on trial on corruption charges.<\/p>\n

Many observers have said the legal cases against the CHP \u2014 mostly centered on corruption allegations \u2014 are aimed at neutralizing the party ahead of the next election. The government insists that Turkey\u2019s courts are impartial and act independently of political pressure.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of the party has rallied behind Ozel. He and most of the party having been inside the CHP headquarters in the capital Ankara since Thursday\u2019s ruling, with the new administration unable to enter. The rival teams were supposed to meet Sunday afternoon to figure a way out of the impasse.<\/p>\n

Local media reported that a crowd showed up outside the office that Ozel claimed were not CHP members but were sent to intimidate. Police presence had been steadily growing since the morning, and Kilicdaroglu\u2019s lawyer, Celal Celik, sent a request to Ankara police to assist in vacating the building. The Ankara Governor\u2019s office released a statement approving the request.<\/p>\n

Erdo\u011fan has ruled Turkey, first as prime minister and then as president, since 2003. His electoral record suffered a setback in 2019, when the CHP seized control of several major cities in local elections. In Istanbul, Imamoglu emerged as a popular and charismatic figure who many felt could successfully topple Erdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n

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