Turkish police arrest Istanbul mayor a key Erdogan rival
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Turkish police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival
Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a popular opposition leader and key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — and several other prominent figures as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links. The detention of Ekrem Imamoglu was a dramatic escalation in a crackdown on the opposition and dissenting voices in Turkey.
