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Istanbul mayor Imamoglu suspended, arrested on corruption charges: statement

China.dot.org 23 Mar 2025
Imamoglu, from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), won a second term as Istanbul mayor in March 2024, defeating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party ...
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Protests sweep Turkish cities as Istanbul mayor appears in court

RNZ 23 Mar 2025
"They have been doing everything they can for four days to disturb the peace of the nation and polarise our people," Erdogan told his AK Party's Istanbul branch, at a dinner to break the day's Ramadan fast.
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Turkey jails Istanbul mayor before trial, stoking opposition anger

AOL 23 Mar 2025
... the party faithful ... Six of the CHP's 27 municipal mayors are now under arrest - a year after opposition parties handed Erdogan's AK Party its worst ever electoral defeat in municipal elections.
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Turkiye won’t surrender to ‘street terror’, Erdogan warns protesters

The News International 22 Mar 2025
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during the Grand Congress of his ruling AK Party in Ankara, Turkey, February 23, 2025. — Reuters. ISTANBUL ... “Let me say it loud and clear ... .
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Turkish Cypriots protest against legalisation of hijabs in schools

CyprusMail 21 Mar 2025
Chants included, “Ankara, take your hands off us”, and “fascist AKP, collaborator UBP”, referring to Turkey’s ruling party the AK Party and the UBP, the largest party in the north’s three-party ruling coalition.
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Protests erupt across Turkey after Erdogan rival arrested

Press TV 21 Mar 2025
The ruling Justice and Development Party, abbreviated officially as AK Party, denied the allegation of a coup and insisted Turkey's judiciary system is independent.
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Turkiye won't surrender to 'street terror', Erdogan warns protesters

The News International 21 Mar 2025
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters during the Grand Congress of his ruling AK Party in Ankara, Turkey, February 23, 2025 ... The pro-Kurdish opposition DEM party also said it would join Friday's Istanbul rally.
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Hundreds protest in north against Imamoglu arrest

CyprusMail 21 Mar 2025
The protest was organised by the Cyprus branch of the CHP, the Turkish political party to which Imamoglu ... “The lightbulb exploded, shall we change it”, in reference to the AK Party’s logo – a lightbulb.
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Turkey moves closer to endless Erdogan rule as biggest rival detained

Egypt Independent 20 Mar 2025
After winning a second term, Erdogan was bent on taking back the city in March 2024 municipal elections, which saw Imamoglu again emerge victorious by 51.14 percent of the vote, beating Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AK Party) candidate.
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Turkey detains Istanbul mayor in what opposition calls 'coup'

The Daily Herald - St Maarten 20 Mar 2025
Imamoglu, 54, who leads Erdogan in some opinion polls, was to be named his Republican People's Party's (CHP) official presidential candidate within days ... "The day will come when (Erdogan's) AK Party is called to account.".
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Turkiye detains 37 people over social media posts about Istanbul mayor

Al Jazeera 20 Mar 2025
Imamoglu’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) represents the biggest political threat to Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, or AK Party ... The party’s leader has said the primary will go ahead as planned.
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Turkiye police detain Erdogan rival Imamoglu in corruption, terror probe

Al Jazeera 19 Mar 2025
Imamoglu was elected mayor of Turkiye’s largest city in March 2019 in a historic blow to Erdogan and the president’s Justice and Development Party, or AK Party, which had controlled Istanbul for a quarter-century.
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Pro-Kurdish party says Turkey vague on peace steps after PKK pledge

The New Arab 19 Mar 2025
Turkey's pro-Kurdish party said that ... Her comments followed meetings between DEM, Turkey's third-largest party, met Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) and separately its nationalist ally MHP on Monday.
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Imamoglu, the detained Istanbul mayor seen as Erdogan’s key rival

Ekathimerini 19 Mar 2025
His appeal beyond his secular party’s traditional base ... In 2019, he delivered Erdogan’s ruling AK Party (AKP) its biggest defeat in two decades by winning Istanbul’s mayoral race, not once, but twice.
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Istanbul mayor Imamoglu arrested

CyprusMail 19 Mar 2025
... local elections, where Imamoglu won re-election as Istanbul mayor by a landslide and the CHP became the first party since the ruling AK Party was formed in 2001 to beat them in a nationwide count.
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