Turkey jails Imamoglu’s lawyer as government crackdown continues

ANKARA — Turkey’s main opposition parties and legal groups condemned the arrest of Mehmet Pehlivan, lawyer for Istanbul’s imprisoned mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, calling it part of a crackdown aimed at silencing political dissent and intimidating lawyers.

Late on Thursday, an Istanbul court jailed Pehlivan on charges including membership in a criminal organization, a move the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Turkish Bar Association along with rights activists slammed as a politically…