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

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: CHP Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in Atasehir, Istanbul. 26/03/2019. Photo by Safak HacalogluDepo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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: CHP Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in Atasehir, Istanbul. 26/03/2019. Photo by Safak HacalogluDepo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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: CHP Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in Atasehir, Istanbul.26/03/2019. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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: CHP Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in Atasehir, Istanbul.26/03/2019. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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: CHP Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoglu in Atasehir, Istanbul.26/03/2019. Photo by Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

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, the Nation Alliance's Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayoral Candidate, continued her election campaign in Atasehir, Istanbul. 26/03/2019. Photo by Safak Hacaloglu/Depo Photos/ABACAPRESS.COM

1 dead, 3 injured in fuel tanker explosion in Istanbul

STORY: 1 dead, 3 injured in fuel tanker explosion in Istanbul SHOOTING TIME: March 4, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion of a fuel tanker caught on security camera in Istanbul, Türkiye 2. various of firefighters working around the exploded fuel tanker in Istanbul, Türkiye 3. various of aerial view of the exploded fuel tanker in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: A fuel tanker explosion killed one and injured three in Istanbul on Monday, local authorities announced. The Istanbul governor's office said in a statement that the tanker was parked at a recreational facility in the Atasehir district on the Asian side of the city when the explosion occurred. The explosion happened while welders were working on the tanker, and a fire erupted afterward, the governor's office noted. Health and fire brigades rushed to the scene after the explosion, and the exact cause of the explosion is still under investigation. Xinhua News A