Ankara Erupts in Demonstrations Over Legal Case Targeting Opposition Leader

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Ankara on Sunday to protest a court case that could remove the leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), just as the government completes a year-long legal crackdown on hundreds of its members. Participants waved Turkish flags and party banners while chanting calls for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to step down.

The upcoming court ruling, scheduled for Monday, will decide whether to annul the 2023 CHP congress over alleged procedural irregularities....