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Ozgur Ozel, leader of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) addresses supporters of Istanbul metropolitan Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu outside Istanbul municipality following his detention over a corruption probe in Istanbul on March 19, 2025.—AFP
Ozgur Ozel, leader of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) addresses supporters of Istanbul metropolitan Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu outside Istanbul municipality following his detention over a corruption probe in Istanbul on March 19, 2025.—AFP

Istanbul court formally places mayor under arrest on graft charges


ISTANBUL: An Istanbul court on Sunday formally placed the city's opposition mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, under arrest in a graft probe, four days after his detention sparked Turkey's worst unrest in over a decade, one of his lawyers told AFP.

The mayor is one of 100 people being investigated on corruption charges, and is also being probed in a second case on "terror-related" allegations, with the court due to rule on that in the coming hours.—AFP

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