20 opposition mayors remain jailed as crackdown on CHP rolls back its 2024 local election gains

Twenty elected mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) remain in prison two years after the March 31, 2024, local elections, while 25 CHP mayors, including İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, have been suspended from office, Turkish Minute reported, citing the BirGün news website. According to the report, 23 elected CHP mayors have been […] The post 20 opposition mayors remain jailed as crackdown on CHP rolls back its 2024 local election gains appeared first on Stockho...

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