The arrest of the Metropolitan Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, along with 106 associates, municipal officials, and the prominent journalist İsmail Saymaz, is an unprecedented but not unexpected escalation of the weaponizing of judicial powers in Turkish politics, writes Ioannis N. Grigoriadis.

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Publication: 20/03/2025 TA NEA
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Ekrem İmamoğlu’s arrest and the challenge facing the Turkish opposition
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis Senior Research Fellow, Head, Turkey Programme; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies