UPDATE 1-Turkish riot police enter opposition headquarters to evict ousted leadership

​Turkish riot police ‌fired tear ​gas and forced their way into the main opposition party's headquarters ‌to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, further inflaming a political crisis. Clouds of tear gas ‌billowed within the Republican People's Party (CHP) building while those ‌inside shouted and threw objects at the entrance as police broke through a makeshift barricade.

​Turkish riot police ‌fired tear ​gas and forced their way into the main opposition party's headquarters ‌to evict its ousted leadership on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, further inflaming a political crisis.

Clouds of tear gas ‌billowed within the Republican People's Party (CHP) building while those ‌inside shouted and threw objects at the entrance as police broke through a makeshift barricade. A Turkish court had ousted CHP leader ⁠Ozgur ​Ozel on ⁠Thursday, annulling the results of the CHP congress where he was ⁠elected in 2023, citing irregularities. On Sunday, Ankara's governor ordered ​the eviction of those inside the headquarters. The court ⁠reinstated in Ozel's place former CHP chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who lost ⁠to ​President Tayyip Erdogan in a national election that year. The ousted CHP leadership under Ozel has condemned ⁠the court ruling as a "judicial coup" and Ozel promised to ⁠fight it ⁠through legal appeals and to remain "day and night" in the party's Ankara headquarters.