The Arrest of Istanbul’s Mayor is Textbook Lawfare Tecimer, Cem Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-03-28 eng
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 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 Tecimer, Cem AKP Authoritarian Populism CHP Erdogan Imamoglu Lawfare Türkei İmamoğlu Ekrem | 1970– | Politiker; Bürgermeister İmamoğlu Ekrem | 1970– | Politiker; Bürgermeister Türkei 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-arrest-of-istanbuls-mayor-is-textbook-lawfare/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/a90a551daa4f28f6 250328 10.59704/a90a551daa4f28f6 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)