Turkey jails Istanbul mayor poised to challenge President Erdogan in upcoming election

A Turkish court on Sunday jailed the mayor of Istanbul on corruption charges, CNN Turk reported, escalating the crackdown against opposition to the country’s strongman leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s most serious political rival, was arrested at his home on Wednesday just days before he was to be registered as a candidate […]

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