{"id":1300,"date":"2026-05-24T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2026-05-24T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:37:12","slug":"turkish-police-storm-offices-of-main-opposition-chp-party-firing-tear-gas-and-rubber-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1300","title":{"rendered":"Turkish police storm offices of main opposition CHP party, firing tear gas and rubber bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>ANKARA (AP) \u2014 Police stormed the offices of Turkey\u2019s main opposition CHP party on Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at party supporters and officials who had been holed up inside for three days.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1298\">West Ham and Tottenham fight to avoid Premier League relegation as Guardiola and Salah bid farewell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a violent end to a standoff between members of the Republican Peoples\u2019 Party, or CHP, and a leadership team appointed by an appeals court.<\/p>\n<p>Footage taken by local media Sunday in the courtyard and inside the building showed clouds of tear gas as riot police stormed through the premises, before journalists were removed by the police. Supporters initially attempted to resist the police by spraying them with fire extinguishers, but were quickly stopped. Doors, furniture and the ground floor windows were destroyed. <\/p>\n<p>Among those inside the building was Ozgur Ozel, elected as party chairperson in November 2023 but removed by the appeals court ruling. <\/p>\n<p>Leaving the headquarters building to cheers and applause from supporters outside, Ozel told the journalists gathered at the entrance: \u201cWe are leaving (the building) now only to reclaim it in a way no one will be able to interfere again. When we return neither this administration nor the administration\u2019s collaborators will dare do this again.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ozel and his supporters then began marching toward Parliament over 5 kilometers (3 miles) away from the CHP headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Tension had been rising since Thursday, when an appeals court nullified Ozel\u2019s election as CHP chairperson, suspending him and members of the party\u2019s executive board. <\/p>\n<p>The court ruling said Ozel should be replaced by Kemal Kilicdaroglu, his predecessor, who led the party for 13 years but never won any national elections. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ozel, in his first and only election as party leader, delivered a decisive blow to Erdogan\u2019s Justice and Development Party in the 2024 municipal polls.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1296\">NASCAR legend Kyle Busch\u2019s legacy continues through IVF fund helping NC families<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immediately after the raid began, Ozel posted a 3-minute video on social media in which he said, \u201cWe are under attack. Our crime? To make our party Turkey\u2019s number one party after 47 years. Our crime? Defeating the Justice and Development Party.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will resist here till the end. And if they forcibly remove us, we\u2019ll resume our march towards (becoming) the administration in the public square,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>The next presidential election isn\u2019t due until 2028, but Erdogan 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<p>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<p>The vast majority of the party has rallied behind Ozel. He and most of the party had 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<p>Early on Sunday, a crowd gathered outside the office, watched by a growing police presence. In his social media video, Ozel said those outside had been sent to intimidate CHP members. <\/p>\n<p>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<p>The police raid comes at the start of a nine-day holiday for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, when many people are on vacation and out of the big cities. <\/p>\n<p>Erdogan 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 Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1291\">Duke Street section closing through fall to build Durham stream, wetland complex: Officials<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA (AP) \u2014 Police stormed the offices of Turkey\u2019s main opposition CHP party on Sunday,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Turkish police storm offices of main opposition CHP party, firing tear gas and rubber bullets - 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