Turkey detains Ankara district mayor and 51 others in expanding graft probe targeting CHP opposition
Turkish police detained the CHP opposition mayor of Ankara's Etimesgut district and 51 other suspects on July 30 in a widening corruption investigation; the arrests follow the detention of Istanbul district mayors the previous day and a broader wave of probes that the CHP says are politically motivated to disable the main opposition party ahead of the 2028 elections