US EditionHundreds in Turkey protest arrest, ouster of opposition mayor
- Ahmet Ozer, the mayor from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party , was arrested after being accused of having ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party
- The CHP condemned the arrest as part of the government's strategy to target the opposition and called for protests in Esenyurt
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Hundreds of people gathered today in Istanbul to protest the arrest and removal of the mayor from Turkey's largest opposition party, due to his alleged ties to a banned Kurdish militant group, AP reported.
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Hundreds in Turkey protest the arrest and ouster of opposition mayor
Hundreds of people have gathered in Istanbul to protest against the arrest and removal from office of a mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party for alleged links to a banned Kurdish militant group.
Turkey arrests CHP mayor accused of being a member of PKK
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the arrest of a mayor from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) over alleged militant ties. A deputy governor of Istanbul has replaced Ahmet Ozer as CHP mayor of Istanbul's immigrant-heavy Esenyurt district after he was accused on Wednesday by the chief prosecutor's office of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Ozer denies the terrorism-related claims, while his pa…
Istanbul district mayor and ethnic Kurd Ahmet Özer was arrested. He is accused of being a member of the banned PKK. more...
The Straits Times
Turkey arrests opposition mayor accused of being PKK member
ISTANBUL - A mayor from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) was arrested late on Wednesday after prosecutors accused him of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned as a terrorist group in Turkey. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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