Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) President Ekrem İmamoğlu was detained within the scope of investigations. Imamoglu was taken into custody in the world. A new one has been added to the statements from many countries.
RUSSIATürkiye’s description from Turkey
Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov, Imamoglu’s detention after the detention of a question about the protests began in Türkiye ” Russia never interferes with the internal affairs of other states ” replied.
“Russia never interferes with the internal affairs of other states,” said Peskov, “We have always said: We do not like others tell us how to live and never interfere with the internal affairs of another country,” he continued.
“Putin accepted Erdogan’s invitation”
Peskov also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the invitation of President Tayyip Erdoğan in Türkiye, but a date has not yet been set for the two.
In fact, the meeting in Türkiye would take place last year, but the parties had postponed the meeting to the future by claiming that there was an election in both countries.
What did the US say about Ekrem İmamoğlu?
US Foreign Ministry spokesman Tammy Bruce, directed at the end of the press conference “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main rival Imamoglu was taken into custody in the investigation of corruption and terrorism. Are you worried? What is your assessment?” He answered the question as follows:
“We can encourage Türkiye to respect human rights and to address its own interior frame appropriately. We will not comment on the internal decision -making processes of another country. We remind you that we only expect all citizens to pay attention to their rights.”
