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CORRUPTION CLAIMS FADE AS INDICTMENT TARGETS POLITICAL GOALS
Deep Dive May 29, 2026

CORRUPTION CLAIMS FADE AS INDICTMENT TARGETS POLITICAL GOALS

The indictment against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s chief rival, Ekrem İmamoğlu, not only accuses the jailed Istanbul mayor of corruption, but also targets the CHP, laying bare the political nature of the case. The charge sheet alleges that the CHP is being taken over by a criminal organization and on that basis prosecutors also notified the Court of Cassation that there may be grounds to close the main opposition party.

Editorial Team
MORE CONTRADICTIONS SURFACE IN ISTANBUL INDICTMENT
Inside Turkey Nov 21, 2025

MORE CONTRADICTIONS SURFACE IN ISTANBUL INDICTMENT

Inconsistencies continue to emerge in the Istanbul Municipality indictment, fuelling CHP attacks on the charge sheet and the notification to the Court of Cassation that there may be grounds to close the main opposition party.

Editorial Team