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Turkey Opposition Protests At Mayor's Arrest For 'PKK Ties'

Opposition protesters gathered to denounce the arrest of Ahmet Ozer, mayor of Esenyurt, one of Istanbul's largest districts (Credit: AFP)

Turkish opposition parties protested Thursday against what they said was the politically-motivated arrest of an opposition mayor for alleged links to the banned Kurdish PKK militant group.

Ahmet Ozer, 64, mayor of the Istanbul district of Esenyurt who belongs to the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), was arrested early Wednesday with the government swiftly appointing a trustee to take his place.

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