Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Erdo%C4%9Fan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erdoğan</span></a></p><p>"Istanbul’s jailed Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the top rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said his lawyer had also been arrested on false pretenses.</p><p>(. . .)</p><p>İmamoğlu, widely regarded as the main political rival to longtime ruler Erdoğan, was initially arrested on March 19 and then formally detained by Turkish authorities on March 23 on corruption charges pending trial.</p><p>His arrest sparked massive protests across the country, with critics denouncing it as a politically motivated 'coup.' Turkish authorities have arrested nearly 1,900 people since demonstrations began following İmamoğlu’s initial detention."</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/istanbul-mayor-ekrem-imamoglu-lawyer-mehmet-pehlivan-arrested-turkey/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/istanbul-m</span><span class="invisible">ayor-ekrem-imamoglu-lawyer-mehmet-pehlivan-arrested-turkey/</span></a></p>