NewzTurkish police detained Erdal Beşikçioğlu, the mayor of Ankara’s Etimesgut district, during a dawn raid on Thursday. Beşikçioğlu, a former television actor, was among 52 individuals taken into custody as part of an investigation into alleged corruption within the municipality.
The arrests are part of a broader wave of detentions targeting opposition figures in Turkey. While the government maintains that the judiciary operates independently, opposition groups have rejected the recent surge in investigations, characterizing them as politically motivated actions.
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