Intensifying political turmoil in Türkiye with the arrest of Erdogan’s main political rival

Turkish media reported that officials from the Istanbul City Party of Republican People’s Party (CHP), known as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, were arrested today (Wednesday) on charges of corruption and aid to corruption. What the Turkish opposition party has called “an attempt to coup against the future Turkish president”.

In a video released on the X -Social Network, the 6 -year -old mayor of Istanbul reported on his home forces, saying: “Hundreds of police came to my house. The police arrive in my house and hit my house. I leave this story to my nation. “

According to Reuters, Akram Imam Qala is faced with two separate judicial investigations, including accusations of leading a criminal organization, bribery and tenderness.

The Imamoglu Party intended to nominate him as a rival candidate for Erdogan in the coming days. Imamoglu, who was two Istanbul mayor, is considered as a serious rival in the elections for Ardogan, who has been prime minister and president in Turkey for more than two decades.

Imamoglu wrote in a video posted on his page on the X -Social Network that he did not give up pressure against himself and would continue to stand directly against these pressures.

The Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office issued a statement on the first judicial investigation against Imamoglu, stating that in this case a total of five people, including several reporters and businessmen, were presented to the municipality of the accused.

According to the office’s statement, the second judicial investigation of Imamoglu and six others for assisting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), also accused by Ankara and its Western allies as a known terrorist organization.

The day before Imamoglu’s arrest, the University of Istanbul announced the dissolution of his academic degree that if the dissolution was finalized, he could prevent the Turkish Republican People’s Party’s nomination in the presidential election. According to the Turkish constitution, having a higher education degree is one of the requirements for the presidential election.

Türkiye’s next presidential election is planned for year 5, but if Erdogan wants to be nominated again, it will have to be held sooner.

The Istanbul governorate’s office also announced that it had decided to ban all the gatherings and protests in the city for four days until Sunday.

According to some Turkish media, the Square Metro Station has also been closed and access to social media across the country has been disrupted.

Turkish media reported the direct impact of the political tensions caused by the arrest of Istanbul mayor on the depreciation of Türkiye’s Lira against the US dollar.

According to the Turkish newspaper Toddi, on Wednesday morning, the value of the Turkish Lira currency against the US dollar, it crossed the unprecedented figure of 2 liras per dollar and later reached 4.9.

According to the latest declaration prices, the Turkish lira’s equivalent rate per euro has also reached 1.2 and against the British pound.

This is not the first time that Akram Imamoglu has faced judicial pressures. He was previously prosecuted in several cases and was banned from competing in the election campaign on charges of “insulting” by Turkish election committee officials.

Ozgur Ozel, the leader of the Republican People’s Party, described Imamoglu’s arrest as “a coup against the will of the people” and an attempt to eliminate Erdogan’s most serious rival from the Turkish political scene.

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