Turkey detains 45 in Istanbul corruption probe, bans Imamoglu’s image

ANKARA — Turkish police detained 45 people on Friday as part of a corruption investigation into the Istanbul municipality, where Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been behind bars for nearly two months.

Imamoglu, a presidential contender from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a key rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was detained on March 19 and subsequently jailed on March 23 on corruption charges, leading to the largest mass protests in the country in more…