Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Turkey Detains Scores of Opposition Party Members in Izmir

The arrests came after a similar operation in Istanbul earlier this year that saw the arrest of its mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the principal political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Posted by LampLighter at 04:33 PM | 19 COMMENTS | permalink

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... Authorities in Turkey detained 157 people, including opposition party members and a former mayor of Izmir, early on Tuesday, local media and the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) said.

The Izmir prosecutor ordered the detentions in the early hours as part of an investigation into corruption, tender rigging and fraud in the west-coast city, broadcaster NTV reported.

The coastal city is seen as a bastion of Turkey's political opposition. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-01 11:12 PM

OK, I have two questions ...

1) is this a look into the future of how Pres Trump treats his political opponents?

--- and ---

2) The coastal city is seen as a bastion of Turkey's political opposition --- can you say Los Angeles?


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-01 11:15 PM

Hi Lamplighter: Izmir is a secular stronghold in Turkiye, so these arrests do not surprise me. When walking around the covered bazaar in Istanbul (Kapili Carsi), few Kemal Ataturk items are sold openly under the AK regime of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But apparently souvenirs, flags, and plates with Ataturk's visage may be bought openly in Izmir, to Erdogan's dismay. imageio.forbes.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-07-02 01:41 AM

Here we have Taco threatening to deport the democratic nominee for the mayor of new york.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-07-02 09:49 AM

1) is this a look into the future of how Pres Trump treats his political opponents?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-01 11:15 PM | Reply | Flag

It's exactly what the last administration attempted to do with Donald Trump, who was actually the leading candidate, running against an incompetent woman and half of a man.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-07-02 05:13 PM

"It's exactly what the last administration attempted to do with Donald Trump"

Since you are talking about Lawfare, how about if you point to any one of Trumps 91 indictments which you or I could do without any fear of legal repercussions.

And if you can't, at least have the nads to admit as much.

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-02 05:18 PM

It's exactly what the last administration attempted to do with Donald Trump, who was actually the leading candidate, running against an incompetent woman and half of a man.
#5 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

You got nothing but lies.

You're just as irrelevant as the rest of the deplorable Trumping MAGAts who lie in order to have a point.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-02 05:19 PM

1) is this a look into the future of how Pres Trump treats his political opponents?
#2 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

Absolutely.

I refer you to the following:

DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics

drudge.com

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-02 05:22 PM

It's exactly what the last administration attempted to do with Donald Trump, who was actually the leading candidate, running against an incompetent woman and half of a man.

#5 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Nonsense, of course.

But to the extent that you sincerely believe that, I expect you to be on the front lines fighting for your neighbors when Trump comes for them.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-02 05:47 PM

"It's exactly what the last administration attempted to do with Donald Trump"

So it was okay to do that?

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-02 05:49 PM

Obviously LHT assumes that all the Trumpers who testified to his Coup Crimes were actually Dem Crisis Actors.... as he has never come up with why Trump's own DOJ lawyers would refuse to sign the letter to States saying they could just mark out Biden's name on the Certified Ballots and replace it with Trump's... and threatened to resign en masse.

Or all the other Trumpers who also testified to his crimes; because they never happened in the Trump World Cult.

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-02 06:05 PM

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

All of Trumps indictments came from Grand Juries. If you really believe Biden had so much power that he could manipulate a Grand Jury, you're mentally ill. Seek help.

I bet you're also just fine with Laura Loomer saying sick crap like: "Alligator lives matter.

The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now."

#12 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-07-02 06:50 PM

... gives a new meaning to Soylent Green... it's Gator Processed now for Freshness!

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-02 07:03 PM

So it was okay to do that?

#10 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2025-07-02 05:49 PM | FLAG:

Was it, raetard?

#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-07-02 09:56 PM

Well, you made the comparison. Are you afraid to say what it meant? Yes, you are afraid to say what it meant.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-02 11:12 PM

"DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics"

With Pam Bondi as AG absolutely anything is possible; First Nazi AG of the United States!

#16 | Posted by danni at 2025-07-03 08:41 AM

If MAGA has its way ... coming to an American city near you

#17 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-07-03 03:01 PM

#17

The ICE budget was increased enough in the Big Fascist Bill to do just that.

#18 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-07-03 05:10 PM

@#18 ... The ICE budget was increased enough in the Big Fascist Bill to do just that. ...

Likely because Pres trump likes this aspect of ICE...

Inside ICE's superpowers (June 29, 2025)
www.axios.com

... The images of masked, heavily armed immigration agents snatching people off the streets and taking them away in unmarked cars have shocked many Americans " and led to a simple question: Is all of this legal?

- - - It is -- at least for now.

Why it matters: Since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created after the 9/11 attacks, its agents have operated with vastly more enforcement power, less transparency and fewer guardrails than local police.

- - - ICE's rules were designed largely to give the agency broad leeway in helping the FBI identify and arrest domestic terror suspects.

- - - Now the Trump administration is using that power to go after unauthorized immigrants " potentially millions of them " with a frequency and aggressiveness that has sent ripples through communities nationwide. ...



#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-03 06:47 PM

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