Erdogan’s electoral setbacks unleash crackdown on opposition
Source:Financial Times Date:10Sep2019
The CHP’s Istanbul chief is not the only opposition figure to have come under pressure in recent months. Ankara’s newly elected opposition mayor, Mansur Yavas, faces an ongoing criminal case over
Istanbul opposition leader sentenced to nearly 10 years
Source:Yahoo News Date:07Sep2019
The head of Turkey’s main opposition party in Istanbul was sentenced to nearly 10 years on Friday on a range of charges including “terrorist propaganda” and insulting President
Have Turkey’s Elections Produced a Challenger to Erdogan? A resume of Ekrem Imamoglu
Source:Foreign Affairs Date:13Apr2019
Ayla Jean Ackley writes the first CV of the man who delivered CHP its first major victory in 16 years, mayor-soon-to-be-elect of Istanbul, Mr Ekrem Imamoglu “Imamoglu doesn’t carry the