Exclusive-Jailed Istanbul mayor dares Erdogan to call early elections now

Imamoglu has emerged in recent years as Erdogan’s main rival, with polls suggesting he could indeed defeat Turkey’s leader of more than two decades if he is able to run. But he has been the focus of a crackdown on the main opposition party that rights groups and foreign observers say has undermined the democratic credentials of EU candidate and NATO member Turkey. “We want early elections now. But the current president sees the coming defeat and shies away from elections,” a defiant Imamoglu said in his responses to Reuters’ questions conveyed by his legal team from the prison at Silivri, west of Istanbul. 🔗 Leggi su Internazionale.it

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Exclusive: Jailed Istanbul mayor dares Erdogan to call early elections nowAlmost one year after he was jailed, Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has told Reuters that Tayyip Erdogan should call elections now and predicted that the president would lose if he ran again. reuters.com

Istanbul mayor jailed for 'insulting' officials ahead of 2023 electionThe mayor of Istanbul has been jailed for insulting officials in a controversial trial ahead of next year's elections. Ekrem ?mamo?lu was convicted of insulting members of Turkey’s Supreme ... uk.sports.yahoo.com