Turkey jails Istanbul mayor before trial, stoking opposition anger
A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial, state media said, in a move likely to stoke huge protests.
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Turkey jails Istanbul mayor before trial, stoking opposition anger
A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial, state media said, in a move likely to stoke huge protests.
Turkey lurches toward outright autocracy as Erdoğan’s main rival is jailed
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Popular opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu calls for mass protests as he is thrown in jail and booted out as Istanbul mayor.
Erdoğan seizes geopolitical moment to snuff out democratic opposition
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The Turkish president has chosen to bury the legacy of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the secular founder of the Republic of Turkey.
President Erdogan jails his rival, and endangers Turkey’s democracy
Ekrem Imamoglu’s supporters have chosen him to run anyway
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Turkey jails Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu pending trial
A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial, state media said, in a move likely to stoke huge protests.
Turkey jails Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu pending trial
A Turkish court jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Sunday pending trial, state media said, in a move likely to stoke huge protests.
Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination
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Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials
An Istanbul court has formally arrested the city’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on corru…
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Turkey’s protests over Istanbul mayor grow into ‘fight about democracy’
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Anger over detention of Ekrem Imamoğlu becomes a touchstone for opposing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
When demonstrators gathered at Istanbul’s city hall last week in outrage at the arrest of mayor…
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