Mayor of Turkiye’s secular stronghold Izmir joins Erdogan’s party
Rahnuma:ANKARA: The mayor of Izmir, Turkiye’s third-largest city and a bastion of its secular opposition, joined President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party (AKP) on Wednesday, amid a crackdown on the opposition in which dozens of mayors have been jailed. Cemil Tugay, elected mayor in 2024 as a candidate of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) […]
