The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) faces a moment of truth as accusations of corruption mount against the party’s mayors. A recent indictment of former Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu prompted some former lawmakers and the party’s former chair to call on the current administration to confront the accusations.

So far, CHP has pursued a policy of portraying investigations against Imamoğlu and other mayors solely as politically motivated, without clearly responding to the indictments.

On Monday, 17 former lawmakers of CHP revealed that they penned a letter to CHP Chair Γ–zgΓΌr Γ–zel, calling on him to engage in β€œclean” pol

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