Arrested and stripped of degree: Twin moves to bar Istanbul mayor from ballot suggests Turkey’s Erdogan is really worried this time
On March 18, the politician – seen as a powerful rival to long-ruling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan – saw his bachelor’s degree revoked by Istanbul University. A day later, İmamoğlu was ...
Turkish police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, as government crackdown escalates
The state-run Anadolu Agency said prosecutors issued warrants for the mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, and some 100 other people.
What we know about Istanbul's mayor and why he was arrested
The raid on Imamoglu’s residence and his arrest came after Istanbul prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the mayor and more ...