{"id":6511,"date":"2025-08-28T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6511"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:00:24","slug":"timisoara-mayor-joins-european-peers-in-visit-in-support-of-arrested-istanbul-mayor-ekrem-imamoglu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6511","title":{"rendered":"Timi\u0219oara mayor joins European peers in visit in support of arrested Istanbul mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Timi\u0219oara mayor <strong>Dominic Fritz<\/strong> has traveled to Istanbul as part of a delegation of European mayors showing solidarity with the arrested mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu. The European delegation also includes the mayors of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bAthens, Budapest, Sofia, Utrecht, and Zagreb.<\/p>\n<p>The European mayors want to draw attention to \u201cthe political nature of the arrest of Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu and the increasingly brutal repression of local governments in Turkey,\u201d an announcement from Timi\u0219oara City Hall (PMT) explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The mayors are scheduled to visit the prison where the Istanbul mayor is being held, as well as meet with local authorities, opposition figures, and civil society representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTimi\u0219oara knows the price of freedom, but also how important international solidarity is. Today, it is our turn to show support for a democracy under pressure. I accepted the invitation to go to Istanbul because Timi\u0219oara and Romania do not accept abuse and repression. Solidarity between communities goes beyond borders whenever European values \u200b\u200bneed to be defended,\u201d Dominic Fritz said.<\/p>\n<p>After the arrest of \u0130mamo\u011flu in March 2025, 18 opposition mayors and over 500 local officials and councilors were arrested. In August, another 40 municipal administration employees were detained. These actions, condemned by European institutions and human rights organizations, are considered systematic attempts to undermine local democracy, PMT said.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s opposition has denounced Imamoglu\u2019s arrest, calling it a \u201ccoup attempt against our next president\u201d and his detention has sparked large protests against president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p><em>simona@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Virgil Simonescu)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timi\u0219oara mayor Dominic Fritz has traveled to Istanbul as part of a delegation of European mayors showing solidarity with the arrested mayor Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu. The European delegation also includes the mayors of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bAthens, Budapest, Sofia, Utrecht, and Zagreb. The European mayors want to draw attention to \u201cthe political nature of the arrest of Ekrem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}