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