A sweeping crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has intensified over the past year, with 16 mayors jailed and one put under house arrest, according to a report from the party on the toll of the ongoing crackdown. The operations, which began after the CHP’s major victories in the March 2024 local … Continue reading Opposition under siege: 16 CHP mayors jailed, one under house arrest in Turkey