Turkey detains three more opposition mayors amid bribery probe

Turkey detains three more opposition mayors amid bribery probe

The early morning arrests were the latest measure against Republican People’s Party (CHP) elected officials as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration increases pressure on the party, which scored a massive victory over his AKP in the 2024 local elections and is climbing in the polls

This handout photograph taken and released by the Republican People’s Party (CHP) press office on March 29, 2025, shows an aerial view of a large crowd gathering during a rally called by the CHP, Turkey’s main opposition party, in support of Istanbul’s arrested mayor Ekrem Imanoglu in Maltepe, on the outskirts of Istanbul. AFP