25 More Arrested, Acting Mayor Investigated in Widening Corruption Probe Linked to İMamoğlu - Turkish Minute

The Turkish judiciary continues to fight the Erdoğan rival İmamoğlu's environment. According to the Anadolu news agency, 25 people were arrested.

At least four waves of arrests decimated the summits of the Istanbul municipality. In the cell in addition to the mayor and opposition leader over 200 people. The Chp accuses the government of using the judiciary as a 'political weapon'. In the background the opening of the president to the Pkk, to 'enlist' the Kurds in the plan to change the Constitution.

Turkey’s justice ministry accused of blocking visits to jailed İstanbul mayor - Stockholm Center for Freedom

Turkey’s Justice Ministry has failed to respond to visitation requests for İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested two months ago, effectively preventing senior opposition figures from seeing him in prison, Turkish Minute reported Monday. İmamoğlu, a senior member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and his party’s presidential candidate for the next election, was detained on March 19 and later arrested on corruption c…

The news had gone unnoticed in Turkish news in recent months. Last February, PKK founder and historical leader Abdullah Öcalan, who had been imprisoned on Imrali Island since 1999, asked his movement to lay down his arms, putting an end to the armed struggle against Turkey for 40 years. However, the announcement of this news was overshadowed by the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in March.

Fındıklı Mayor Ercüment Şahin Çervatoğlu and the people of Rize reacted to the operation against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and the arrest of dozens of people. Çervatoğlu said, "No matter what walls you build, we will tear down those walls and take our captive brothers, we will tear down those walls and take them. We will never bow down to this fascist, junta-supporting mentality of yours."

25 Arrested in Istanbul City Hall Probe; Acting Mayor Investigated

An Istanbul court has ordered the arrest of 25 more individuals in an escalating corruption investigation targeting Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, while the city’s acting mayor has also come under judicial scrutiny, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. The arrests come over two months after the controversial jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, a senior figure in the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a leading contender in T…