Istanbul Mayor arrested, Erdogan's main rival, days before presidential nomination

Istanbul Mayor arrested, Erdogan's main rival, days before presidential nomination

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, key rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan detained a day after university invalidated his diploma, in move seen as politically motivated. In this photo: Ekrem İmamoglu, President of the Union of Municipalities of Turkey (UMT) and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), inspected the Kazımkarabekir Station of Umraniye-Ataşehir-Goztepe Metro Line together with Ataşehir Mayor Onursal Adıguzel and Kadıköy Mayor Mesut Kosedagı. 2024. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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