In the course of the corruption procedure against the arrested opposition politician and mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoğlu, the Turkish authorities apparently arrested dozens of people. These include confidants of the greatest political competitor of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
44 people were arrested early on Friday morning, the newspaper reported “Birgün”. Five people would be sought by the police. According to the report, the private secretary of Imamoğlu and a private security employee belong to the arrested.
The office of the public prosecutor in Istanbul announced on Friday that it had instructed the police to arrest 49 people. The arrest warrant is related to “irregularities”, which the public prosecutor has no longer explained exactly.
Imamoglu was arrested in March and shortly thereafter a court ordered custody of corruption allegations. The CHP politician, the largest domestic rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rejects the allegations. The arrest of the popular opposition politician led to the largest wave of protests in Turkey since the so-called Gezi protests in 2013.
Soldiers and police officers also arrested
In the meantime, according to the media reports, the police also arrested 65 soldiers and police officers accused of having become the enemy of the enemy of the State. The Anadolu news agency reported 56 soldiers. In addition, nine police officers were arrested, the Charc TV television station reported. The Police Act against the “terrorist organization Fetö”, says Anadolu.
The Turkish government describes the movement around Gülen as “fetö”. The preacher, who died in October, was once a narrow ally of Erdogans. Later, however, the two died. Gülen was later accused by Erdogan behind the state of coup.
Source: Krone
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