Explainer: Turkey's main opposition party faces state-appointed trustee

Authorities restrict internet amid escalating political tensions

Originally published on Global Voices

Screenshot of the police storming CHP party headquarters is taken from the Financial Express YouTube video “Istanbul Protest: Riot Police Clash With CHP Supporters At Party HQ”. Fair use. 

Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), is facing an escalating political crisis. On September 2, a ruling of the 45th Civil Court of First Instance annulled the CHP's Istanbul Provincial Congress...