Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu is facing detainment just days ahead of launching his campaign to become the president of Turkey.
Imamoglu, the presumptive Republican People’s Party candidate and prominent rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was among more than 100 politicians, journalists, and other public individuals detained this week in a sweeping series of arrests.
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