Turkey arrests another opposition mayor as probes into CHP-run municipalities continue

A Turkish court has arrested Bora Balcıoğlu, the mayor of İstanbul’s Silivri district, and nine others as part of a corruption investigation into the opposition-run district municipality, while prosecutors launched or expanded separate operations targeting two other Republican People’s Party (CHP)-controlled municipalities in İstanbul and Antalya, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Anka news agency. A […] The post Turkey arrests another opposition mayor as probes into CHP-run municipalities ...

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