00:01Turkish riot police forced their way into the main opposition party's headquarters on Sunday to evict its ousted leadership.
00:09Clouds of tear gas build within the Republican People's Party or CHP building, while those inside shouted and threw objects
00:17at the entrance.
00:18It was not immediately clear if anyone was hurt in the unrest.
00:23A Turkish court ousted CHP leader ĂzgĂźr Ăzell on Thursday, annulling the results of the party's 2023 congress where he
00:32was elected, citing irregularities.
00:35On Sunday, Ankara's governor ordered the eviction of those inside the headquarters.
00:41Ăzell released a defiant message before emerging from the building after the police intervention.
00:47He vowed to keep fighting to win the next elections and, accompanied by supporters and riot police, began marching to
00:54parliament.
00:54The court reinstated in Ăzell's place former CHP chair Kamal Kalich Deroulu, who lost to President Tayyip Erdogan in a
01:03national election in 2023.
01:05The defiant CHP leadership under Ăzell has condemned the court ruling as a, quote, judicial coup.
01:11The government denies criticism that it uses courts to target political rivals, saying the judiciary is independent.
01:20State media said on Saturday police had detained 13 people under an investigation into the 2023 congress
01:27and that they faced charges of violating the law on political parties, accepting bribes, and laundering assets derived from crime.
01:36Analysts have said they view the court ruling as a test of the balance between democracy and autocracy for NATO
01:41member Turkey
01:42and that it could prolong Erdogan's 23-year rule.
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