In the wake of the detention on Wednesday of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, Yavuz Baydar, columnist for Svenska Dagbladet’s Culture Edition and a blogger for the French independent news site Mediapart, explains to Kathimerini how Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking advantage of a favorable international conjuncture to cement his dominance in the country.