Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, in what the main opposition party called “a coup attempt against our next president.”
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), faces two separate investigations that also include charges of leading a crime organisation, bribery and tender rigging.
Imamoglu’s party was poised within days to name him
