A tense political impasse is unfolding in Turkey’s capital Ankara this Sunday, as the bulk of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the country’s largest opposition bloc, remains locked in a standoff blocking the new court-ordered interim leadership from entering the party’s central headquarters. The standoff stems from a controversial appeals court ruling issued last Thursday, which annulled the party’s November 2023 internal congress that saw Ozgur Ozel win election to succeed long-time CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu.