The assault on the increasingly popular CHP party began with the jailing of Istanbul’s popular mayor, Erdogan’s main political rival and the party’s presidential candidate, on charges widely seen as political.
IZMIR, Turkey (AFP) — Riot police in Turkey fired tear gas and water cannon to break up a rally called by ousted opposition leader Ozgur Ozel Tuesday, days after a court dismissed him from office.
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