Imamoglu regrets the absence of a strong response from Europe and the US against his arrest

The former Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu has denounced this Friday from the pages of the 'The New York Times' the lack of a forceful reaction by the United States and Turkey's European allies to his arrest last weekend on corruption charges, the opposition leader denounces as a political persecution orchestrated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a man who has turned Turkey into a 'republic of fear'.