Turkey protests after political rival jailed

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  About the news headlines in this programme.

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  7Th day of protests in Turkey after president's main rival jailed.

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  we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

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  Ekrem Imamolu, mayor of Istanbul, Turkey's biggest city, has been jailed on corruption charges.

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  Since then,

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  there have been seven days of protests leading to violent clashes between protesters and the authorities.

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  Imamolu is seen as the main political rival to President Erdogan,

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  who has been either president or prime minister since 2003.

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  Since being jailed,

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  the main opposition party in the country declared Imamoulu their candidate for the 2028 presidential election.

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  His university degree had recently been annulled.

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  That's cancelled, which means he's not allowed to stand for election.

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  Let's have our first headline.

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