https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Turkey#Eligibility
Arrest of Opposition’s (Presumptive) Candidate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_of_Ekrem_İmamoğlu
On 19 March 2025, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu from the opposition Republican People’s Party was arrested by Turkish police for alleged corruption, extortion, bribery, money laundering and supporting terrorism, particularly the PKK. His arrest, along with that of more than 100 other people, caused widespread protests and demonstrations.
Since November 2024, AKP actions against opposition representatives heated up. On 18 March 2025, Istanbul University annulled İmamoğlu’s degree, citing irregularities. As Turkey’s presidential candidates must hold an university degree, this would effectively block him from running for president. The decision came just days before the opposition party was set to nominate him.
Having the military defend the Constitution against tyrants is an idea baked into a lot of cultures, and is true of Turkey. It was a core idea of the Turkish Republic
i find it funny that they arrest people in military who swear by an unofficial ‘laiklik’ (secular) oath, like, this is literally one of the core tenets of kemalism and the military isn’t even stepping in to prevent these arrests, why are they even getting arrested for swearing an oath to being secular? Genuinely fucked up hilarious villainy going on
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