The imposition of a prison sentence on Ekrem Imamoglu, key political opponent of Tayyip Erdogan for "insulting officials", even as Turkey is heading towards elections, reflects the undemocratic, authoritarian and authoritarian conditions prevailing in Turkey, DIKO said in a written statement.
"Political extermination of opponents, criminalization of dissent, manipulation of the judiciary and silencing of the media are some of the neo-sultan's methods that confirm, once again, who Erdogan is," it adds.
He explains that "Imamoglu is a member of the Republican People's Party (CHP), which is the main party opposing Erdogan and had in March 2019 inflicted the most humiliating defeat on the Turkish president's party by winning the Istanbul mayoralty, which had been held for 25 years by the ruling AKP party."
"Since then, he has been in the crosshairs of the neo-Sultan," DIKO concludes."
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