The European Parliament has condemned Turkish legal action against mayors from opposition parties, and called for municipal officials who have been detained in recent weeks to be released, acquitted and reinstated.
Authorities have removed mayors and municipal officials from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party over terrorism-related charges that both parties have denied.
Some CHP-run municipalities, as well as Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, have
