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Beyond the İmamoğlu Case : A Reconfiguration of Municipal Power in Turkey

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Lucie Laroche

The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, has monopolized attention. Yet, it is merely the tip of the iceberg of a much broader phenomenon : since March 2024, twenty opposition mayors have been imprisoned, and fifty-six have defected to the ruling party.

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