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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20260409-173448-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/holding-fast/ Holding Fast - The İmamoğlu Trial and the Fragilities of Lawfare Erhan, Doruk eng 2026-04-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 AKP Ekrem İmamoğlu Silivri Turkey Türkei Türkei Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Perhaps the most memorable line in Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises appears in an otherwise minor exchange. Bill Gorton asks the dissolute, perpetually broke Mike Campbell how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” Campbell replies. “Gradually, and then suddenly.” Campbell’s road to ruin will strike a familiar chord for those of us who study the rule of law in Turkey. After gradual and continuous deterioration, March 2026 will stand apart. It marks one full year since Ekrem İmamoğlu was placed in detention and his trial formally began.