Turkey’s Jailed Mayor Decries West for ‘Silence’ on Erdogan

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Ekrem Imamoglu, the Turkish opposition figure whose detention this month triggered mass protests and a market selloff, criticized Western leaders for their muted response to his arrest.

In a piece publishedBloomberg Terminal in The New York Times on Friday morning, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival accused the US and Europe of prioritizing geopolitical interests over democratic values.