- Title: Turkey rejects 'prejudiced' comments over arrest of former Istanbul mayor
- Date: 27th March 2025
- Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (MARCH 27, 2025) (REUTERS) TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER YILMAZ TUNC HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE PRESS MEMBERS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH JUSTICE MINISTER, YILMAZ TUNC, SAYING: "From the moment the detention proceedings began, some circles in the public, without knowing the content of the inquiry, without seeing the allegations and defences, without b
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- Keywords: CORRUPTION TRIAL EKREM IMAMOGLU ISTANBUL MAYOR JUSTICE MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN TURKEY YILMAZ TUNC
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001203627032025RP1
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- Story Text: Turkey rejects "prejudiced" statements from the international community about the arrest of former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the nationwide protests triggered by it, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Thursday (March 27).
Speaking to international media in Istanbul, Tunc also said Ankara had asked European countries to act with common sense on the matter.
Imamoglu's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), other opposition parties, rights groups and Western countries have all said the case against Imamoglu was a politicised effort to eliminate a potential electoral threat to President Tayyip Erdogan. The government denies this. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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