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Turkish police on Sunday stormed the offices of the main opposition CHP party, firing tear gas and rubber bullet.
It was a violent end to a standoff between members of the Republican Peoples’ Party, or CHP, and a leadership team appointed by an appeals court, escalating tensions between the opposition and the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Supporters had barricaded the courtyard entrance with buses and the building with furniture. Footage taken by local media 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.
Once the raid began, supporters attempted to resist the police by spraying them with fire extinguishers, but were quickly stopped. Doors, furniture and the ground floor windows were destroyed in the melee.
A Turkish appeals court annulled the 2023 election of CHP leader Özgür Özel, claiming there were irregularities in the party congress where he defeated longtime leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
The court ordered Kılıçdaroğlu reinstated as party chairman. Özel and most CHP officials rejected the ruling, calling it a politically motivated “judicial coup.”
Polymarket released a new prediction market later that day asking if an early election will be held.
The market opened with close to a 50% chance. That number had dropped to 24% by Tuesday morning.
T.C. Jackson, Gambling911.com
