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Andrew Wilks

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Chris McGrath/Getty Images — A man smokes while standing in front of banners and posters showing the portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on April 10, 2017, in Rize, Turkey. — Chris McGrath/Getty Images

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Istanbul mayor charged with corruption as Turkish opposition weighs Erdogan challenger

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

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Turkish mayor's conviction unites opposition, but challenger to Erdogan unclear

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Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul mayoral candidate of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), shakes hands with a vendor at a vegetable market in Istanbul, Turkey, May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC1350151BB0

AKP's Istanbul campaign sinks to new lows

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Mayor of Istanbul metropolitan municipality Ekrem Imamoglu speaks during an interview to AFP on April 2, 2020 in Istanbul, amid the spread of the epidemic COVID-19 coronavirus. - Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Thursday called for more robust action and a lockdown after Turkey's largest city reported the highest number of cases in the country. Without a strict lockdown, Imamoglu warned, even if 15 percent of the residents in Istanbul would move around rather than stay home, that would represen

Turkish court sentences opposition leader to jail, political ban

Nazlan Ertan

In Izmir, reporting on culture