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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Turkey, following the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu – the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Opposition leader Mr Imamoglu is a popular politician, the mayor of Istanbul, and a 2028 presidential candidate.
But last Wednesday he was detained and later formally arrested on allegations of corruption, a move he says is politically motivated.
On Sky News Daily, Liz Bates talks to Sky’s special correspondent Alex Crawford who has been reporting from Istanbul and meeting with protesters.
She also speaks to Hannah Lucinda Smith, the author of Erdogan Rising: The Battle For The Soul Of Turkey, about who Mr Imamoglu is and what his arrest tells us about the direction Mr Erdogan is taking the country.
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