Elcin Poyrazlar (@elcinpoyrazlar.bsky.social)

Turkey lurches toward outright autocracy as Erdoğan’s main rival is jailed Popular opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu calls for mass protests as he is thrown in jail and booted out as Istanbul mayor. https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-jailed-tayyip-erdogan-mayor-immamoglu-jail-crackdown-nato-democracy/