In morning raid, Turkish police arrest prominent Erdoğan rival

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4.6 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In Turkey, a political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been detained. The mayor of Istanbul was arrested during a raid on his home, and accused of corruption and assisting a Kurdish militant group in the country's south. Press conferences and demonstrations have been banned in the country for four days. Also, the ongoing impact of Voice of America in former Soviet republics in central Asia. And, March Madness is here — we have a look at a Ukrainian player making an impact on Notre Dame's women's basketball team.

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0:00.0	The mayor of Istanbul is also the leading opposition figure in Turkey.
0:09.6	He knows how to relate to ordinary people at a time when Turkey's ruling elite see more and more isolated.
0:18.6	And that's why today people in Istanbul are angry after the mayor was arrested.
0:22.6	I'm Marco Wurman, more on that story from Turkey.
0:25.6	Plus, it's starting to look like a new chapter in U.S.-Russian relations.
0:28.6	Trump now is more interested in generally having a greater rapprochement on many different issues with Russia.
0:36.6	We'll also meet someone who moved to the United States as a teenager
0:40.0	with eyes firmly set on one day playing in the NCAA basketball tournament.
0:44.9	Yeah, ever since I got to New York, I've known that it's my goal to play in the tournament
0:49.5	and to win with the team.
0:52.4	This week, she gets her chance.
0:54.2	All that and more today, here on the world.
0:57.6	This is the world.
0:58.5	I'm Marco Wurman.
0:59.4	Thank you for joining us today.
1:01.1	In Turkey, a prominent political rival of President Recep Tayyberdwan is now behind bars.
1:06.1	He's also the mayor of Istanbul and was arrested by Turkish police in an early dawn raid. Prosecutors are accusing him of corruption and terrorism by the mayor of Istanbul and was arrested by Turkish police in an early dawn raid.
1:11.5	Prosecutors are accusing him of corruption and terrorism, but the mayor's supporters believe
1:15.8	the charges against him are politically motivated.
1:18.9	Just before his arrest, Istanbul mayor Ekram Imam al-Lu posted a video.
1:26.8	In it, he stands in a walk-in closet, slowly tying a blue-patterned tie around his neck,
1:32.6	as if getting dressed for the office.
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