Turkey’s opposition leader on Tuesday condemned indictments against Istanbul’s popular mayor as “judicial interference”, saying the charges sought to block him from running for president in the 2028 election.
“This case is not legal, it is entirely political. Its purpose is to stop the Republican People’s Party (CHP), which came first in the last (local) elections, and to block its presidential candidate,” Ozgur Ozel said on X.
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