ANKARA: Turkish authorities detained a lawyer for President Tayyip Erdogan’s largest political rival, jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, an MP of the principle opposition celebration, CHP, mentioned on Friday (Mar 28).
Imamoglu, a CHP member who leads Erdogan in some polls, was jailed on Sunday pending trial for graft, upsetting the most important anti-government protests in a decade, which led in flip to mass arrests nationwide.
Mehmet Pehlivan, a lawyer who defended Imamoglu within the newest investigation, was detained “for fabricated causes”, CHP MP Turan Taskin Ozer mentioned in a put up on X, with out giving particulars.
Imamoglu, who has since been launched, has been briefly dismissed from his job due to the case, demanded the fast launch of his lawyer.
“As if the coup on democracy wasn’t sufficient, they cannot stand the victims of this coup defending themselves,” Imamoglu mentioned on X.
