The Council of Europe said on Wednesday it “strongly condemned” the detention of Istanbul Mayor and President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, Ekrem Imamoglu, as a move against the will of the people.
Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr is one of the front runners to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee but the Spaniard knows the unpredictability of the election by elimination that will take place on Thursday.
Protesters near Istanbul’s main police headquarters on Wednesday said the detention of President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival and the city’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was a blow to Turkish democracy.
Germany sees the detention of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival as “a serious setback,” a position that will be communicated in the appropriate manner with Berlin’s Turkish partners, said a foreign ministry spokesperson.
Turkish main opposition leader said President Tayyip Erdogan had strayed from democracy speaking after the detention of Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor and Erdogan’s main political rival.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a popular figure, had basked in the glow of what he often jokingly dubbed his political miracle — the only person to have beaten Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in not one, but three local elections.
Serbia’s parliament formally accepted the resignation of the Prime Minister Milos Vucevic on Wednesday, triggering a 30-day deadline for the formation of a new government or the calling of a snap election.
The 144th Session of the International Olympic Committee was launched open on Tuesday at Ancient Olympia.
The president of the Tempe Victims’ Association, Maria Karystianou, sent a legal notice on Wednesday to the president of the Parliament’s preliminary investigative committee into the 2023 Tempe rail disaster, Panagiotis Kappatos.
Nestled amidst the verdant landscapes north of Athens, the former royal estate of Tatoi is undergoing a meticulous restoration, breathing new life into its historic structures.