Arrested and stripped of degree: Twin moves to bar Istanbul mayor from ballot suggests Turkey’s Erdogan is really worried this time
Long-serving, autocratic-leaning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to extend his tenure beyond ...
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Erdogan arrests the candidate who could beat him
Mr Erdogan’s officials sounded appalled by the notion that he was weaponising the courts. “To associate judicial ...
Turkish police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, as government crackdown escalates
He was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links, media reported, a day after a ...
Turkey Detains Erdogan’s Top Rival in Dawn Raid on Opposition
The moves against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and dozens of others could help extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two ...
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Türkiye detains Erdogan's main rival, opposition claims coup
Turkish authorities have detained Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and the main political rival of President Recep ...
IBTimes UK5d
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been forced to stop the ongoing election campaign after falling sick during a live TV interview. A windfall of foreign funds arriving in Turkey and ...
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Turkish opposition calls Erdoğan 'a coward' as rival detained
A leading politician in Turkey's main CHP opposition party called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan "a coward," saying ...
Istanbul mayor and key Erdogan rival alleges ‘great tyranny’ as police arrive to arrest him
Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as part of ...