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Who is Turkey’s arrested opposition leader?

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Kasama Po GlueBBC World Service

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The hope of Turkish President is one of the most popular politicians in this country.

It has long been regarded as the most powerful rival of President Thailep Erdo, a 54 -year -old who is the main character of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Istanbul.

He stunned Erdo and his ruling law and development party when he controled Istanbul last year in the election of local governments, and received a second consecutive order in Türkiye’s largest city.

Many political arguments in Türkiye have called “the worst defeat of Erdogan.”

But the arrest of IMAMOGLU, The day before he will be selected as a candidateCHP warned of “attempts to coup for the next president.”

Born in Akcaabat, a beach village of Trabzon, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey, IMAMOGLU worked in the construction industry after studying the business after moving to Istanbul in his teenagers.

Imamoglu said, despite his family’s right and conservative background, he said, “I accepted social democracy for time at university.”

IMAMOGLU, an Erdogan football lover like himself, was a young man’s amateur player and is famous for his support for his local club, Trabzonsor. Love for sports is a useful feature for politicians in soccer Mad Türkiye.

At the age of 43 after his business career, he returned to politics and was elected a middle -class Bailikduzu market in Istanbul for CHP.

But he was still relatively unknown until he fought in Istanbul in 2019 and had a market election, which was shocked by Erdogan and AK.

IMAMOGLU faced immediate challenges in his victory -the election authorities forced him in the office after invalidating the voting and insisting on irregularity in the voting process. Reunification has been ordered.

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IMAMOGLU is famous for taking off the jacket and a tie in the rally.

After the re-Run presentation, IMAMOGLU urged many of his supporters in the rally to take a jacket to tie, roll the sleeves, and focus on energy.

“Everything will be fine,” he said. He became his campaign slogan and has since been his catchphrase since then.

And to IMamoglu, “Everything is good” -He has another big blow to the president with 54%of the votes.

He now beat AK twice in a city operated by the ruling party and his predecessors for 25 years.

Istanbul is an ERDOGAN grown and sells sesame bread snacks before entering politics in the 1970s. He passed the class to be president, prime minister, and ultimately president.

This loss would have personally chased him and hurt the party. In Istanbul, one -fifth of the Turkish population is nearly 85 million, which is responsible for a large portion of the economy, including trade, tourism and finance.

Many experts have earned their second mission in 2024 and predicted similar power to Imamo Glue.

ERDOGAN secured the third term in the 2023 presidential election and could not rule after 2028 under the Constitution.

But his critics say they can change the constitution to find another term. The next poll is scheduled for 2028, but is likely to happen early.

Extensive appeal

In his political campaign, Imamoglu was praised for its soft and humorous approach to politics contrasting with many rivals in Türkiye’s polarized political environment.

As he expanded the secular base of CHP, he appealed to Turkey’s more godly and conservative voters who traditionally voted for AK by including the visit to the mosque in the campaign and the recent recent recent recent mosque restoration on Istanbul’s famous Karakoi.

His wife Dilek Imamoglu also became an active person in social media, along with charity and her husband with disabilities during the campaign.

The first opposition party’s first election was scheduled for March 23, and Imamo Glue was expected to be selected as a presidential candidate in 2028.

But his arrest and irregularity doubted his candidate the day before his cancellation of Istanbul University degree.

According to the Turkish Constitution, the president must complete higher education.

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2025-03-19 16:01:00

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