Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu spoke harshly about the terror inspection initiated by the Interior Ministry against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, defining the inspection as “conspiracy.” Speaking at his party’s parliamentary group on Jan. 3, Kılıçdaroğlu said that if the government appoints a trustee, the main opposition will consider the situation
The government is systematically attacking Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, said the mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on December 28 in response to a recent terror investigation filed against the mayoralty following the mayor’s conviction on insult charges. “Attacks against us are carried out within a certain timetable and discipline. These are not ordinary incidents. Whether they are judges
The Turkish Minister of Interior Affairs, Süleyman Soylu, has been targeting the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for some time now. As he targeted main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) stronghold, İstanbul, CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu targeted Soylu in his parliamentary speech on December 5 as if he is regarding him as the soft spot of President