Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained following a raid on his residence earlier this week
A court formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul and key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan early on Sunday and ordered him to be jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges.
Government officials reject accusations that legal actions against opposition figures are politically motivated and insist that Turkey’s courts operate independently. People cast their ballots in a Republican People’s Party polling station during a symbolic election to show solidarity with Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu
The mayor’s arrest marks an escalation of a government crackdown on opposition figures and dissenting voices.
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