Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main rival detained by Turkish police

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Turkish police arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem ̇mamoğlu, who was soon expected to be declared as the main opposition challenger of President Recep Tayyip Erdo ।an.

ImamogoState -run Anadolu News Agency said on Wednesday the investigation of the terrorism connection was part of the allegations.

He was mostly confronted with a criminal inquiry for his political lectures and accused the government of using the judiciary to maintain power.

“Hundreds of policemen are at my door,” Mamamoğlu said in a voice message shared by his office. “This immoral and oppressive view will undoubtedly reverse with our people’s will and elasticity.”

Imamoglu a TürkiyeIts most popular political figure and he was the mayor of 16MN City since 2019.

Opinion survey shows him before Erdo ।an in the country’s top office possible competition.

An initial will be held on Sunday to name the presidential candidate of his Republican People’s Party, and Amamağalu was the only contestant.

The elections are scheduled for 2021, but the party has said that his candidate should now be named Parliament to call an SNAP survey.

One day after Istanbul University, one day after the detainment of ImamAlur Has canceled his higher education degreeIf the appeal does not turn upside down, the President will declare him disqualified from entering.

It has intensified the government’s crackdown against opponents in recent months, which included the arrest of several mayors, journalists, businessmen and academics.

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