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Turkish courts jail Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, pending trial
A Turkish court has jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu pending trial, state media and other broadcasters say, in a move likely to stoke the country’s biggest protests in more than a decade.
The decision to send Imamoglu — who is President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival — to prison, comes after the main opposition party, European leaders and tens of thousands of protesters criticized the actions against him as politicized.
The court says Imamoglu and at least 20 others were jailed as part of a corruption investigation. A separate ruling on a terror-related investigation has yet to be issued.
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