Category: 2. Middle East

ANKARA — Turkish authorities on Sunday temporarily suspended Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a potential presidential contender, from his mayoral duties after an Istanbul court formally arrested him early Sunday, pending the outcome of his trial on corruption charges.

The Interior Ministry announced later Sunday that both Imamoglu and two other Istanbul district mayors, Belikduzu Mayor Mahmet Murat Calik and Sisli Mayor Resul Emrah Sahan, who…