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Turkey orders detention of Istanbul's mayor, a key rival of President Erdogan (cnn.com)
26 points by enraged_camel 6 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Seems to be no end to Erdoğan's reign in sight*. I happened to be in Türkiye at the time he called an early election in 2023. The outrage was discernible via the news (what I could make out, at least, not being fluent in Turkish). Any criticisms I could coax out of locals were done in hushed whispers, as it's illegal to speak ill of the government and Erdoğan's supporters are everywhere.

[*] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Recep_T...


This comes after Imamoglu's university diploma was annulled yesterday, preventing him from running for president: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43404679




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