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Turkish prosecutors has charged Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, with falsifying his university diploma, a new case threatening more years in prison for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival, already jailed pending corruption charges he denies. CBC | World News

Turkish authorities detained President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival on Wednesday on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, in what the main opposition party called “a coup attempt against our next president.” CBC | World News