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Earlier this month, the main Turkish opposition candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained and jailed on spurious charges, suggesting that his arrest was probably ordered by Erdoğan, leading to large protests across the country. In this video, we’re taking a look at what has happened and whether this could be the beginning of the end for Erdoğan.
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Wikipedia article on Imamoglu’s arrest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_of_Ekrem_%C4%B0mamo%C4%9Flu
Polling on Imamoglu vs Erdogan
https://x.com/EuropeElects/status/1906358833963737188/photo/1
https://verfassungsblog.de/the-arrest-of-istanbuls-mayor-is-textbook-lawfare/
Report on no. of people sentenced for insulting Erdogan
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2020/09/16/For-insulting-Erdogan-over-3-800-sentenced-to-prison-in-Turkey-in-2019-Report
Lira vs dollar
https://www.xe.com/en-gb/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=TRY
Bloomberg on lira’s decline
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-27/cash-arsenal-allows-erdogan-to-weather-his-worst-crisis-in-years
Turkey’s inflation rate
https://tradingeconomics.com/turkey/inflation-cpi
Wikipedia article on Turkish protests
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Turkish_protests
Corruption in Turkey’s earthquakes
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/10/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-government-response-corruption-construction/
