{"id":265746,"date":"2025-03-24T17:50:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/the-charisma-battle-at-the-heart-of-the-turkish-protests\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T17:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:50:04","slug":"the-charisma-battle-at-the-heart-of-the-turkish-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/the-charisma-battle-at-the-heart-of-the-turkish-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;charisma battle&#8217; at the heart of the Turkish protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/03\/1920x1080\/skynews-daily-podcast-240325_6865585.png?20250324104803&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The &#8216;charisma battle&#8217; at the heart of the Turkish protests\" title=\"The &#8216;charisma battle&#8217; at the heart of the Turkish protests\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sky-news-daily\/id951048357\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\ud83d\udc49 Listen to Sky News Daily on your podcast app \ud83d\udc48<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Turkey, following the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu &#8211; the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition leader Mr Imamoglu is a popular politician, the mayor of Istanbul, and a 2028 presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>But last Wednesday he was detained and later formally arrested on allegations of corruption, a move he says is politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>On Sky News Daily, Liz Bates talks to Sky&#8217;s special correspondent Alex Crawford who has been reporting from Istanbul and meeting with protesters.<\/p>\n<p>She also speaks to Hannah Lucinda Smith, the author of Erdogan Rising: The Battle For The Soul Of Turkey, about who Mr Imamoglu is and what his arrest tells us about the direction Mr Erdogan is taking the country.<\/p>\n<p>Help us understand more about our listeners by taking <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdabZ5mHffCuJ4g0eve_GLEu27cwuyJ9P36EqdkphUFvD76fQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our survey<\/a><\/strong>! 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