By Umit Bektas

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Police fired pepper spray and detained supporters of Turkey's main opposition party on Monday as protesters gathered at the party's Istanbul headquarters to prevent the replacement of a senior party official ordered by a court last week.

Hundreds of riot police maintained barricades around the Republican People's Party (CHP) building, scuffling with a group of CHP-aligned protesters that included party lawmakers.

The court's order to replace the CHP's chief in Istanbul province was the latest move in a nearly year-long crackdown on the party, during which hundreds of party members........

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