Turkish Cypriot politicians on Wednesday decried the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu .
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci was among the first to react to Imamoglu’s arrest, being the first among many to charge that the arrest was politically motivated, and comparing the incident to his loss to Ersin Tatar at the 2020 Turkish Cypriot leadership election.
“In 2020, they were able to control the electorate in the
