Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 senior officials of Istanbul district municipalities over alleged links to Kurdish militants, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported, widening a crackdown on opposition-held city districts.
Anadolu reported. All are members of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP.
Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, to infiltrate the municipalities, Anadolu reported.
Ekrem Imamoglu, seen as a potential challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other opposition figures in the city.
significant gains in Istanbul and across the country in local elections last year, which was a significant setback to Erdogan’s ruling party.
Ozgur Ozel accused Erdogan of undermining the voters' choice.
sentenced for insulting public officials after he spoke out against a 2019 decision to annul the initial round of local elections, which he won. If a higher court upholds his conviction, he could be banned from politics for five years.
arrested over alleged links to the PKK, while the mayor of Besiktas district was arrested this year over allegations of bid-rigging and bribery. The two have rejected the accusations.
ousted several elected mayors from the pro-Kurdish People’s Equality and Democracy Party for alleged ties to the PKK and replaced them with state appointees.
The party denies accusations of links to the banned group.
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