{"id":143409,"date":"2025-03-19T09:32:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/finance\/turkish-police-detain-erdogans-main-political-rival\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T09:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:32:49","slug":"turkish-police-detain-erdogans-main-political-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=143409","title":{"rendered":"Turkish police detain Erdo\u011fan\u2019s main political rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=c1a2b2fb-aede-42dc-8776-69446c242c0a\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Turkish police have detained Istanbul\u2019s mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, the main political challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan, as the government\u2019s sweeping crackdown on the opposition intensified.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/stream\/5482da8a-39f5-4aa1-bad7-b52625afd9d0\" data-trackable=\"link\">\u0130mamo\u011flu<\/a>\u2019s detention on Wednesday was part of an investigation into alleged terrorism links stemming from support he may have received from a pro-Kurdish political group for his 2024 mayoral re-election campaign, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition Republican People\u2019s party (CHP) was set to name \u0130mamo\u011flu, one of the country\u2019s most popular political figures, as its presidential candidate in a primary on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Elections are scheduled for 2028, but the party has said naming its candidate now should compel parliament to call a snap poll.<\/p>\n<p>CHP chair \u00d6zgur \u00d6zel condemned the detention, saying \u201cwe are face to face with an attempt at a coup against our next president\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish lira fell as much as 10 per cent against the dollar following the detention and the country\u2019s benchmark Bist 100 index was down almost 7 per cent in early morning trading.<\/p>\n<p>Erdo\u011fan, a strongman who has towered over Turkish politics for more than two decades, has steered the nation down an increasingly authoritarian path, particularly after he survived a 2016 coup attempt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, his government has embarked on a crackdown that has targeted politicians from left and right, journalists, academics \u2014 even an astrologer who strayed into election predictions \u2014 as Erdo\u011fan\u2019s rivals have been hobbled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/stream\/5482da8a-39f5-4aa1-bad7-b52625afd9d0\" data-trackable=\"link\">\u0130mamo\u011flu<\/a>, by far the most high profile target, already faces a spate of probes, mostly for his political speeches. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of police are at my door,\u201d \u0130mamo\u011flu said in a voice message shared by his office early on Wednesday. \u201cThis immoral and tyrannical approach will undoubtedly be overturned by the will and resilience of our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dilek \u0130mamo\u011flu, the mayor\u2019s wife, told a television station that police had arrived at their home as they finished the pre-dawn meal of sahur during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan and that he was taken away at about 7:30am. He is being held at the central Istanbul police station, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>His detention came alongside the issue of arrest warrants for a further 99 people, according to Anadolu. The Istanbul governor, who is appointed by Erdo\u011fan, has banned demonstrations throughout Istanbul for four days.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have also restricted access to social media platforms including X, Instagram and YouTube, global internet monitor NetBlocks reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u0130mamo\u011flu\u2019s detention comes a day after the state Istanbul University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/a7b053f8-9762-4dd5-a786-25071d4cc233\" data-trackable=\"link\">cancelled his higher education degree<\/a>, which would disqualify him from entering the presidential race if not overturned on appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u0130mamo\u011flu was re-elected last year by a margin of more than 11 percentage points as voters punished Erdo\u011fan\u2019s ruling party, in power since 2002, over its management of a long-running cost of living crisis. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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