"Turkish authorities on Saturday detained the mayor of an Istanbul district and dozens of city officials for alleged corruption. The incident comes amid a widening crackdown on Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP). The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that Istanbul's prosecutor ordered the arrests in connection with an investigation into alleged extortion, bribery, fraud and bid rigging by the Bayrampasa district, where the CHP won in the last election."
"Crackdown on Turkey's opposition party CHP intensifies More than a dozen mayors from the CHP and hundreds of staff have been arrested in recent months over allegations of corruption, including Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul's former mayor. The arrest of Imamoglu President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main challenger in the next presidential elections led to the largest protests Turkey has seen in a decade. Since Imamoglu's detention, CHP leader Ozgur Ozel has emerged as Erdogan's next biggest political rival."
Turkish authorities detained the Bayrampasa district mayor and dozens of city officials on allegations of extortion, bribery, fraud and bid rigging. The arrests follow a broader crackdown targeting the Republican People's Party (CHP), which won Bayrampasa in the last election. District mayor Hasan Mutlu denied the allegations, calling them political operations and baseless slander. More than a dozen CHP mayors and hundreds of staff have been arrested recently, including former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, whose arrest sparked major protests. CHP leader Ozgur Ozel has risen as a prominent rival to President Erdogan, and a court may rule on annulment of the CHP conference outcome.
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