ANKARA, May 24 – Law enforcement officers deployed tear gas and forced their way past the entrance barriers of Turkey’s primary opposition party building on Sunday to remove leadership that had been ordered out by the courts, according to an eyewitness account.
A higher court ruled Thursday to remove Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel from his position, invalidating the outcome of the CHP leadership vote that brought him to power in 2023 due to alleged procedural violations.
The judicial decision restored former CHP chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu to the leadership role, who had been defeated by President Tayyip Erdogan in the country’s national election during that same year.
