Turkey arrests 2 more mayors as probes into CHP-run municipalities continue

Two district mayors from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) — Ali Ercan Akpolat of İstanbul’s Adalar district and Mustafa Turgut of Silifke in the southern province of Mersin — have been arrested in separate investigations targeting opposition-run municipalities, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Anka news agency. Akpolat was among 35 people arrested in an investigation […] The post Turkey arrests 2 more mayors as probes into CHP-run municipalities continue appeared fi...

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