Balgarianovinite.com Turkish police used smoke bombs and water cannons at the headquarters of Turkiye’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), in Ankara to gain entry and reinstate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the former CHP Chair who had been reinstated by a court ruling, to his office, Turkish media reported on Sunday. The CHP headquarters had been blocked for several days by supporters of the party’s de facto Chair, Ozgur Ozel.
On May 21, the Ankara Court of Appeals ruled to annul the party’s 38th congress in 2023 and, as a result, to remove incumbent party chairman Ozel from office and reinstate former CHP leader Kilicdaroglu. The decision was justified on the grounds that the vote to elect the leadership had been tainted by bribes and promises of other benefits to delegates. The CHP appealed the ruling to the Supreme Election Council, the Supreme Court of Appeals, and the Ankara Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals and the Supreme Election Council rejected the CHP’s appeal.
Ozel’s supporters barricaded themselves inside days ago, however, police stormed the building on Sunday using smoke bombs and tear gas. According to media reports, thick smoke is billowing from the building, and law enforcement officers used force to disperse Ozel’s supporters.
The daily Cumhuriyet quoted Ozel as saying that the police officers are attacking “very fiercely and brutally.” He added: “I don’t know how long we can hold out, but we will resist as long as we have the strength.”
Before the police stormed the headquarters, two representatives from each of the two factions within the CHP met with Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci, but no resolution to the issue was reached. A planned meeting between Kilicdaroglu and Ozel has also been cancelled, and tensions outside the CHP headquarters continue. Turkish Police Storm Opposition Party HQ to Reinstate Kilicdaroglu after Court Ruling 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-05-24 15:21:46 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law