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A crackdown on Erdogan's rival Republican People's Party continues, as three mayors from southern Turkey are held.

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... Turkey detained three more mayors from the main opposition party on Saturday, according to a prosecutor's statement and media reports.

Over the past few months, Turkish authorities have launched a major crackdown, arresting hundreds of members of the Republican People's Party (CHP), including 11 mayors.

The highest profile arrest was of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu " the main challenger of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 22-year rule.

Imamoglu was jailed in March, sparking the largest public protests in a decade.
What do we know about the arrests?

The Istanbul chief prosecutor's office said the mayors of three big southern cities were detained on allegations of extortion, along with eight other people.

Those held were the mayors of the southern city of Adana, the southern resort town of Antalya and the southeastern town of Adiyaman, CHP party officials said.

"Our Adana Mayor Zeydan Karalar, Antalya Mayor Muhittin Bocek and Adiyaman Mayor Abdurrahman Tutdere have been detained," Mansur Yavas, the mayor of Ankara, Turkey's capital, wrote on X.

Broadcaster NTV said the men were detained as part of the broader investigation in which hundreds of CHP members, including 11 mayors, have been targeted since October.

Erdogan's main political rival, Imamoglu, remains in jail awaiting trial on corruption charges that he denies. ...



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