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Turkey detains another opposition mayor in sustained crackdown

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  1. Turkish police detained opposition mayor Erdal Beşikçioğlu of Ankara's Etimesgut district on Thursday.

  2. The detention is part of a graft investigation by Turkish authorities.

  3. This follows a pattern of detentions of opposition mayors in Turkey, including the mayor of Istanbul's Beylikdüzü district.

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