(ANSA-AFP) - BERLIN, 19 MAR - Germany said Wednesday that the
detention of Istanbul's powerful Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as part of
a corruption probe was a "serious setback for democracy" in
Turkey. Foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer said the
arrest was part of a series of "intensified legal measures to
put pressure" on Imamoglu, who is widely seen as the strongest
challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (ANSA-AFP).
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