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Turkey: Mayor of Istanbul formerly placed under arrest

The mayor of Istanbul – who’s a key rival of the Turkish President Recep Erdogan – has been formally placed under arrest. A judge said he would be jailed pending a trial on corruption offences.

Despite Ekrem Imamoglu’s detention, he’s still expected to win his party’s nomination to run in the 2028 Presidential elections.

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