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Erdoğan jails rival fueling protests and democracy fears

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:05:26
Publish Date: 2025-03-24 10:59:14
Description:

On Sunday, Turkey took a sharp turn toward full-blown autocracy. Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, arguably President Tayyip Erdoğan’s biggest political rival, was arrested and removed from office. Allegedly his crime is corruption. But in reality this is a textbook political purge. 

What does İmamoğlu’s arrest mean for Turkey’s political future and can Europe collaborate with a country sliding into dictatorship? 


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Production: By Europod, in co production with Sphera Network.

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