Hundreds of Turkish riot police stormed the Ankara headquarters of the country's main political opposition to remove the party's ousted leader, who was dismissed by a court order on Thursday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has overseen a year-long legal crackdown on the CHP opposition party following the arrest of Ista
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Hundreds of Turkish riot police stormed the Ankara headquarters of the country's main political opposition to remove the party's ousted leader, who was dismissed by a court order on Thursday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has overseen a year-long legal crackdown on the CHP opposition party following the arrest of Ista
Police forced their way into the opposition party's headquarters, ending a standoff between ousted CHP leader Ozgur Ozel and supporters of court-appointed Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Hundreds of Turkish riot police stormed the Ankara headquarters of the country's main political opposition to remove the party's ousted leader, who was dismissed by a court order on Thursday. Police stormed the offices of Turkey's 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.
Turkish riot police fired tear gas and forced their way into the main opposition party’s headquarters to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, fuelling a crisis at the heart of Turkey’s democracy. Violence erupted after Turkish police stormed the headquarters of the main opposition CHP party in Ankara.
Deutsche Welle English reported the story as "Turkish police evict ousted CHP leaders from party HQ." The Independent reported the story as "Turkish police storm opposition party headquarters as leadership dispute turns violent." South China Morning Post reported the story as "Turkish riot police storm opposition party headquarters to evict ousted leadership."
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7 sources have covered this story, including The Independent, PBS NewsHour, South China Morning Post and Al Jazeera English and 3 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 12 hours ago.
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