By Huseyin Hayatsever and Jonathan SpicerANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court will decide on Monday whether to oust the head of the main opposition, in what some see as a test of the country’s shaky balance between democracy and autocracy after a nearly year-long legal crackdown on the party.Hundreds of members of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) have been jailed pending trial in a sprawling probe into alleged corruption and terrorism links, among them President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival – Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
By Huseyin Hayatsever and Jonathan Spicer
ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court will decide on Monday whether to oust the head of the main opposition, in what some see as a test of the country’s shaky balance between democracy and autocracy after a nearl… [4160 chars]
Source: Al-Monitor | Published: 2025-09-12T05:21:19Z
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