Turkey's opposition, still reeling from election defeat to President Tayyip Erdogan, suffered a fresh blow to its prospects of renewal on Thursday as a court began hearing a case against one of its brightest stars on a tender-rigging charge. The case against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu began less than three weeks after Erdogan defied poll predictions and the hopes of his opponents to win a presidential runoff vote, extending his more than two-decade rule. Imamoglu faces a potential jail sentence of three to seven years and a political ban if found guilty in the latest case, having already been sentenced to more than two years in prison in 2022 for insulting public officials.
ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s opposition, still reeling from election defeat to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, suffered a fresh blow to its prospects of renewal on Thursday as a court began hearing a case against one of its brightest stars on a tender-rigging charge. The case against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu began less than three weeks after Erdogan defied poll predictions and the
Türkiye’s opposition, still reeling from election defeat to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, suffered a fresh blow to its prospects of renewal on Thursday as a court began hearing a case against one of its brightest stars on a tender-rigging charge. The case against Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu began less than three weeks after Erdogan defied poll predictions and the hopes of his opponents to win a presidential runoff vote, extending his more than two-decade rule.
Most Turkish citizens approve – to a greater or lesser extent – of their countryˈs incursion into Syria and are deeply irritated by the Westˈs apparent incomprehension of the situation on Turkeyˈs southern border. By Ayse Karabat
As the Turkish lira is in a free fall, most Turks are finding it hard to make ends meet and polls show that Erdogan AKP party has been consistently losing vot