Istanbul: Turkey is witnessing the worst street unrest in more than a decade following the arrest of Istanbul’s embattled mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a potential opposition candidate in the upcoming Turkish presidential election against incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Defying the ban on gatherings, tens of thousands of people took to the streets across cities around … Read more
Ekrem Imamoglu has been arrested, interrogated, jailed and stripped of his mayorship in less than a week. Istanbul, Turkey: Istanbul’s embattled Ekrem Imamoglu was officially nominated as a presidential candidate by the opposition CHP party for the 2028 elections, a party spokesman told AFP on Monday. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) — the main opposition … Read more
Istanbul: On Sunday, a court ordered Istanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and several dozen co-defendants jailed on charges of “corruption”. Here’s what we know about this case, which the mayor’s CHP opposition party has denounced as a “political coup” organised by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Who is Ekrem Imamoglu? Ekrem Imamoglu was elected mayor of … Read more