US EditionTurkey arrests jailed opposition leader Imamoglu's lawyer
- Turkey has detained Mehmet Pehlivan, the lawyer for Ekrem Imamoglu, amid protests against Imamoglu's detention for corruption charges.
- Protests erupted following Imamoglu's detention on corruption charges, leading to over 1,900 detentions nationwide, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.
- Imamoglu claims his lawyer was detained on fictitious grounds, describing it as a 'legal coup against democracy' and condemning the repression of dissent.
- Human rights groups express concern over the crackdown on dissent, highlighting the broader implications for judicial independence and civil rights in Turkey.
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International report - Further arrests as Turkey cracks down on protests over jailed Istanbul mayor
The lawyer of Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has now been arrested, alongside several more journalists, following the country's biggest demonstrations against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since 2013.
Turkey's president arrested his top opponent. Here's why it matters to the beleaguered free world.
(RNS) — Earlier this month, the now-former mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was arrested on corruption charges along with 100 other opposition leaders. The arrests have provoked massive demonstrations across the country, not least because many Turks believe the arrests are a thinly veiled crackdown by Turkish strongman President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the increasingly popular opposition as a 2028 general election approaches. İmamoğlu is by fa…
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