Ekrem Imamoglu is the mayor of Istanbul (AP)
Ekrem Imamoglu is the mayor of Istanbul (AP)
Ece Toksabay and Ezgi Erkoyun
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Turkey detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party on Wednesday called "a coup against our next president".
The move against the two-term mayor caps a months-long legal crackdown on opposition figures across the country which has been criticised as a politicised attempt to hurt their electoral prospects.