US EditionTurkish prosecutors investigate main opposition leader in crackdown
- Prosecutors jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in March 2025 on corruption charges amid a crackdown on Turkey's main opposition party, CHP.
- The crackdown followed investigations into CHP leaders, including charges of threatening Istanbul’s chief prosecutor and dismissals of five CHP mayors for alleged corruption.
- Imamoglu denies all charges while his arrest sparked countrywide protests, detentions of hundreds of CHP members, and accusations of government judicial manipulation.
- Authorities expanded surveillance through facial recognition cameras and body cameras, raising concerns about legal protest suppression and extensive data collection on citizens.
- This political turmoil deepens tensions between Erdogan’s government and the opposition, suggesting intensified repression and challenges to Turkey’s democratic institutions.
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Turkish prosecutors investigate main opposition leader in crackdown
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on charges of threatening and insulting Istanbul's chief prosecutor, adding to a broad crackdown on the opposition.
Turkey probes opposition leader, sacks five mayors in crackdown
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on charges of threatening and insulting Istanbul's chief prosecutor, adding to a broad crackdown on the opposition. The clampdown is centred on Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and leads him in some opinion polls. The CHP's Imamoglu was jailed in March pending trial on cor…
The Istanbul prosecutor's office announced that it had launched an investigation into the leader of Turkey's largest opposition party on suspicion of threatening and insulting the prosecutor general.
Two investigations have been launched suddenly by the Ankara and Istanbul prosecutor's office against the leader of the CHP, the main opposition party. Özgur Özel, who runs the CHP since the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, is targeted by an investigation into insults and threats against the Istanbul prosecutor, a former Minister of Justice who has increased investigations and charges against the opposition in recent months.
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Pale-faced and barely out of his teens, it's hard to say if Onur's apparently frail demeanor, somewhat in contrast with his height, is a result of his time in detention or simply the way he has always been. Sitting at a cafe in Istanbul, he recounted being sick throughout most of his 20 days in Silivri, the same high-security prison in which the arrested mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has been locked up since March 19 on corruption charges, …
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