Officers forced their way into the building days after the party vowed to defy a court ruling removing its leaders.
His Justice Minister Akin Gürlek said earlier this week that the appeal court ruling "reinforces our citizens' trust in democracy".Previously the chief prosecutor in Istanbul, Gürlek spearheaded investigations targeting the opposition - including the city's highly popular mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu, seen as Erdoğan's main political rival, who has been in jail for more than a year on corruption charges.Turkish opposition fights court ousting of leaders in ruling boosting ErdoğanTurkey demands more than 2,000 years in jail for popular Istanbul mayorThis 'tough guy' president says he's tackling corruption. Rivals say he's silencing oppositionEuropeTurkeyRecep Tayyip Erdogan
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