The jailing of Istanbul’s embattled Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a prominent opposition figure, has triggered Turkiye’s most significant street unrest in years.
Just four days after his arrest in a predawn raid involving hundreds of police officers, Imamoglu was stripped of his mayoral title on Sunday and transferred to Silivri Prison on the outskirts of Istanbul.
His jailing stems from a court order mandating his formal arrest on corruption charges. The court opted not to formalise an arrest…
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News Source: www.aljazeera.com
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