Erdogan warned some time ago that ‘more radishes’ would be coming out of the bag, to use his favourite expression. This is indeed the case, as a fourth wave of arrests has been made as part of the operation against the mayor of Istanbul Imamoglu, the second of the week.
https://medyascope.tv/2025/05/23/ibb-operasyonlari-bugune-kimler-tutuklandi/
https://medyascope.tv/2025/05/23/ibb-operasyonlari-bugune-kimler-tutuklandi/
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-serve the government's narrative that we are living through the biggest corruption affair in history, involving a veritable criminal organisation (see the leaked organisation chart in the pro-government media)
https://bsky.app/profile/cplaisant.bsky.social/post/3lpt7wvah3k2o
-making Istanbul's metropolitan mayor's office dysfunctional. This is the main aim of the operation, after the objective of eliminating Erdogan's main rival, Imamoglu.