RT International 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 these individuals point to an extensive inquiry encompassing both political and socioeconomic dimensions.
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