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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Defect or be jailed turkey opposition mayors face new threat | Mind Blowing Facts

At least 11 of the main opposition CHP's 26 mayors in the Istanbul province have been detained, including the city's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu who was jailed in March over a graft allegation (Credit: AFP)

Turkish opposition leaders say the government has found a new way to silence dissent: pressuring its mayors and local officials to defect to the ruling party.

Turkey's main opposition, the Republican People's Party (CHP), is currently battling a string of what observers say are politically-motivated lawsuits and arrests targeting its mayors and leadership.

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