Protests Against Istanbul Mayor's Arrest

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How much support is there for Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s imprisoned mayor?

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Ekrem Imamoglu , the mayor of Istanbul , has been arrested on corruption charges.

He faces multiple charges, including establishing and managing a criminal organisation, taking bribes, extortion, unlawfully recording personal data and rigging a tender’ President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says anyone accused of a crime must be tried in the courts.

Opposition leader Ozgur Ozel , the leader of the opposition Republican People’s Party ( CHP ), is encouraging the protests.

In July 2020 , an audit of the Istanbul Municipality pointed to what the mayor’s critics called excessive spending in contrast to past pledges to keep prices low and cut municipal overspending.

He has been subject to official inquiries into everything from tender rigging to attempting to influence the judiciary, some of which were still ongoing at the time of his arrest.

In last year's local elections, Imamoglu and the CHP flipped districts that the AK Party had come to regard as theirs.

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