EU-Turkey: Imamoğlu arrest calls rapproc • Table.Briefings

Demonstrators protest in Istanbul against the arrest of Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu.

Turkey has recently moved closer to the EU states in the Ukraine negotiations. However, President Erdoğan’s actions against the opposition are likely to stand in the way of closer cooperation.

The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and numerous opposition activists calls Turkey’s recent rapprochement with the EU into question. Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the action as „depressing for democracy in Turkey, but certainly also depressing for the relationship between Europe and Turkey.“ Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called the arrest „extremely worrying.“

EU-Turkey: Imamoğlu arrest calls rapprochement into question

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