{"id":5349,"date":"2025-03-23T12:45:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T12:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/turkish-opposition-party-members-others-head-to-polls-for-primary-election\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T12:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T12:45:46","slug":"turkish-opposition-party-members-others-head-to-polls-for-primary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/turkish-opposition-party-members-others-head-to-polls-for-primary-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish opposition party members, others head to polls for primary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264983\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Imamoglu-320x200.png?v=1742725642\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Imamoglu.png?v=1742725641\" alt=\"Turkish opposition party members, others head to polls for primary election\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Imamoglu-960x600.png?v=1742725647\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Emrah Gurel\/AP file photo]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Turkish opposition Republican People\u2019s Party (CHP) members and others head to polling stations on Sunday for a primary election to endorse detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as a candidate for the next presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP has called for non-party members to vote to boost public resistance following Imamoglu\u2019s detention over charges including graft and aiding a terrorist group. Imamoglu denies the charges.<\/p>\n<p>CHP, which has more than 1.5 million members, set up 5,600 ballot boxes for voting across all of Turkey\u2019s 81 provinces. Polls will close at 1400 GMT. 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