Athens mayor support for his detention counterpart in Istanbul
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Athens mayor joined many political figures in support of him after the arrest of Istanbul mayor Akram Imam Oglu and called the Turkish government’s actions against him “attacking democracy”.
“We are pursuing Istanbul developments with a lot of concern,” the mayor of Athens wrote in his X social media account. The detainees of the elected municipality, along with four of his related, are the latest in our friend’s harassment of “Akram”.
The mayor of Athens noted that the arrest of Imamoglu, along with the abolition of college degrees, is another attempt to prevent Erdogan from challenging further.
The message reads: The arrest of a selected mayor and the replacement of its successor is a serious blow to democracy.
After the arrest of Istanbul mayor Akram Imamoglu, who is the main rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, its cities, especially Istanbul, became the scene of widespread protests against the government.
Istanbul’s Office of Prosecutor General issued a decree on Wednesday’s arrest of Akram Imamoglu, the mayor of the city and four others on charges of “corruption, bribery and terrorism-related crimes”; The protesters, however, were the arrest of Imamoglu, not a judicial procedure but the government’s “political action” to eliminate competitors and “coup against the Turkish constitution”.
Prior to his arrest, Imam Oglu protested his home in a video released on the X platform, saying: “Hundreds of police forces have come to my house.” I surrender to the nation. They hit my house. I trust in my nation.
