15 million Turkish voters participate in symbolic primary for jailed candidate

The World

A presidential primary organized by the party of jailed Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, galvanized millions of voters across the country. If convicted of corruption charges, Imamoğlu will be disqualified from Turkey’s next elections in 2028. İmamoğlu has emerged as a formidable rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in recent years, and his supporters say the case against him is a political effort to remove him. The World reports.

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