nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/a90a551daa4f28f6 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250328s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/a90a551daa4f28f6 doi eng 342 23 Tecimer, Cem Author aut The Arrest of Istanbul’s Mayor is Textbook Lawfare Tecimer, Cem Verfassungsblog 2025-03-28 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On March 19, 2025, police arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on corruption and terrorism charges. Four days later, on March 23, a judge ordered him to prison pending trial. İmamoğlu is not only the mayor of Istanbul, a position he has held by repeatedly defeating Erdoğan-backed candidates, but also widely regarded as the opposition’s most prominent and promising candidate to challenge Erdoğan in a presidential election. That is why the lawfare waged against him, culminating in his pre-trial detention, is broadly viewed as an attempt by the ruling party to eliminate Turkey’s rising opposition and further consolidate its one-party rule. CC BY-SA 4.0 AKP Authoritarian Populism CHP Erdogan Imamoglu Lawfare Türkei İmamoğlu Ekrem | 1970– | Politiker; Bürgermeister (DE-588)1183507542 gnd İmamoğlu Ekrem | 1970– | Politiker; Bürgermeister (DE-588)4061163-2 gnd Türkei Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-arrest-of-istanbuls-mayor-is-textbook-lawfare/ raw object