The government has taken a risky gamble by targeting a key opposition leader ahead of his party’s primary
On the morning of March 19, Turkish police carried out a special operation resulting in the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and prominent opposition leader, Ekrem Imamoglu. Affiliated with the left-leaning Republican People’s Party (CHP), Imamoglu faces grave accusations, including establishing and leading a criminal enterprise, extortion, corruption, unauthorized access to personal data, rigging government contracts, and alleged connections to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), considered a terrorist organization in Türkiye. Turkish television stations aired live footage of Imamoglu’s arrest at his Istanbul residence.
More than a hundred others, including Imamoglu’s close associates, high-ranking municipal officials, business figures, and journalists, were also detained as part of the investigation. Similar charges brought against…
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