Turkey’s march in direction of ‘pure autocracy’: ‘Very critical’ circumstances in opposition to Imamoglu ‘political in nature’

Istanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who was arrested on March 19 on corruption and terrorism prices, is seen as the primary challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22-year rule. His imprisonment has been broadly seen as politically motivated and has sparked nationwide protests. Whereas the federal government insists Turkey’s judiciary is unbiased and freed from political affect, our visitor knowledgeable Yavuz Baydar, asserts that the circumstances are ‘political’ in nature and the “machinery of the Turkish judiciary is in sync with the political executive”. Mr. Baydar is a blogger for Mediapart, a columnist for the Swedish day by day Svenska Dagbladet and co-founder of the Platform for Unbiased Journalism.

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