Mayor of Istanbul Imamoglu was removed from his office
The Turkish opposition politician Ekrem Imamoglu has been “temporarily” discontinued as a Mayor of Istanbul. This was announced by the Turkish Ministry of the Interior and justified it with the pre -trial detention that was imposed in connection with corruption investigations against Imamoglu. The mayors of the Istanbul municipalities of Beylikdüzü and Sisli were also stopped, and a forced administrator was determined in Sisli.
In Turkey, numerous mayors of the pro-Kurdish Deme-Party and recently also the Social Democratic CHP, which belongs to Imamoglu, were removed for investigating their office and then replaced by government-related forced administrators. However, the dismissal of the mayor of the 16 million metropolis Istanbul is an unprecedented process.
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Terror and corruption allegations of the authorities
The arrangement of the pre -trial detention was also determined in conjunction with the corruption investigation against Imamoglu, but is also determined for terrorist allegations. Against 106 people are determined in both procedures. Imamoglu rejects all allegations.
The party is still behind Imamoglu: Today it is to be drawn up by the CHP as a presidential candidate.
His party criticized the procedure against the popular politician as the government’s attempted coup on the part of the government. Such a political competitor wanted to switch off. The party is still behind Imamoglu: Today it is to be drawn up by the CHP as a presidential candidate. Imamoglu is considered a promising opposite candidate of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an upcoming presidential election.
Control over Istanbul is central to power in the country
The victory Imamoglus in 2019 in Istanbul is considered a bitter defeat of the AK party of Erdogans, which until then ruled the big city. The CHP politician won again in Istanbul 2024. The city is the most populous metropolis in the country and both politically as economically of central importance.
Imamoglu should have been put up by his party to their presidential candidate today. Photo: AFP
Politically, control over Istanbul is often seen as a symbol for the general political influence in the country. Erdogan’s promotion had also started in Istanbul when he was elected mayor there in 1994.
Protests several days as a result
Despite the prohibitions on demonstration, Imamoglus arrested great protest in the country, which has already lasted for several days. The CHP spoke of 300,000 protesters in Istanbul alone on Friday. The information could not be checked.
Despite the ban on demonstration, there were protests all over the country after iMamoglus arrest became known. Photo: AFP
The background to the terrorist investigations against Imamoglu is a cooperation between the CHP and the Prourdish DES party in the local elections. Anadolu quoted the prosecutor’s office on Wednesday cited the PKK’s banned Kurdish Workers’ Party PKK to expand its influence.
