Turkish riot police stormed the headquarters of the country’s main opposition party to oust its leader on Sunday.
Plumes of tear gas billowed above the Republican People’s Party (CHP) building in Ankara, where party members erected a barricade to prevent security forces from entering.
The violent clash came days after a court ruled the election of Özgür Özel as CHP leader null and void, in what is viewed by some as a ploy to tigthen President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s iron grip on power.
The dramatic scuffles were the latest episode in a crackdown by Erdoğan on his political rivals, who have angrily resisted in
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