LEGAL HARASSMENT AND LAWFARE ARE UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC COMPETITION
Turkey’s Democratic Opposition Under Attack
Since 2019, crackdown on the opposition has gradually expanded from attempts to reverse electoral outcomes to lawfare against Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, opposition-led municipalities and, ultimately, the elected leadership of Turkey’s main opposition party.
AT A GLANCE
What began as an electoral reversal attempt in Istanbul has widened into a broader pattern of legal harassment and lawfare aimed at preventing the opposition from consolidating itself as a real governing alternative.
Follow the escalation
From Istanbul’s 2019 election to pressure on Turkey’s main opposition party.
2019 / Starting point