Istanbul’s jailed Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu , the top rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, said his lawyer had also been arrested on false pretenses.
“There is no end to lies or slander … This time, my lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was detained on fictitious grounds,” ?mamo?lu wrote late Thursday night.
“As if the coup against democracy was not enough, they cannot tolerate the victims of this coup defending themselves. They want to add a legal coup to the coup against democracy. The evil that a handful of incompetent people are inflicting on our country is growing. Release my lawyer immediately,” he added.
According to Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet, Pehlivan was taken to a police station where individuals are processed following their arrest. No formal charges were immediately announced.
