- Title: WRAP: Turkey jails Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu pending trial
- Date: 23rd March 2025
- Summary: Turkish police stormed a crowd of opposition supporters outside Istanbul municipality early on Sunday (March 23), chasing protesters on the street, using pepper spray and forcefully taking away some of them, hours before a Turkish court formally arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on graft charges. The move is likely to stoke the country's biggest protests against the g
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- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Europe,Middle East,Government/Politics
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