Imamoglu: West’s silence against my arrest
The mayor of Istanbul, who was arrested on charges of corruption, described his arrest as political, saying that the silence of Western couries was “deserted”.
According to RCO News Agency, Istanbul’s detainee mayor Akram Imam Khlu, publishing a note in the New York Times, expressed frustration with the silence of Western couries and described it as “a sile silence”.
“What did governmes do around the world?” Their silence is destructive. Washington only expressed concern about rece arrests and protests in Türkiye. “Except for a few exceptions, European leaders have not responded strongly.”
Imamoglu emphasized that after his arrest, Social-Democratic leaders and cities from Türkiye and other couries, as well as civil society institutions, had declared their support.
Referring to the strategic importance of Turkey in rece years, he warned that “geopolitics should not blind us to the erosion of values and human rights abuses.”
On the other hand, Turkish Minister of Justice Yilmaz Tonch, in response to criticism on Thursday, regretted that some iernational figures have considered Imamoglu’s arrest to be political. He rejected the allegation again, saying that the statemes were “misleading and corary to the rule of law.”
Imamoglu, one of the main rivals of Turkish Preside Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the presideial election, was arrested on March 5 that he was arrested on March 5, and was arrested on March 5.
More than 5 people are prosecuted in the case, some of whom are senior officials in Istanbul. The Hulk TV television network reported that Imamoglu iends to protest the ruling. The Sabah newspaper also wrote that the Istanbul Prosecutor General will also refer to the Turkish Constitutional Court to the Turkish Constitutional Court to reject Imamoglu’s arrest in the case of terrorism.
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(tagstotranslate) Akram Imamoglu (T) Istanbul Municipality (T) Türkiye
