Turkey: Crackdown on opposition continues with new arrests, investigations

Turkey: Crackdown on opposition continues

In the early hours of Tuesday morning (February 11), several opposition-controlled municipalities were raided as part of an ‘anti-terror operation’ initiated by the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor. Deputy mayors from Istanbul’s Kartal and Ataşehir districts were arrested in the operation, along with eight other officials belonging to Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP).