Istanbul’s opposition-run municipal council has elected an interim mayor to run the city, after mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed pending trial over corruption charges that he and his supporters deny and call politicised.
The detention last week of Mr Imamoglu, the biggest political rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, triggered the largest anti-government demonstrations in Turkey in over a decade and led to mass arrests, as hundreds of thousands heeded opposition calls and took to the streets in mostly peaceful protests.
His jailing on Sunday has been criticised by Mr Imamoglu’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Western leaders, other opposition…