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Turkey orders detention of Istanbul's mayor, a key rival of President Erdogan
- enraged_camel 2y agoThis comes after Imamoglu's university diploma was annulled yesterday, preventing him from running for president: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43404679 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43404679
- z3c0 2y agoSeems 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_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Recep_T...
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