On October 27 local time, a Turkish court issued a new arrest warrant against the currently detained mayor of Istanbul, Imam Oulu, on suspicion of involvement in ¡°political espionage¡± activities.

It is reported that the court also issued arrest warrants against Meldan Yanarda, editor-in-chief of Turkish television news channel Tele1. Previously, the channel had been taken over by the government on the same charge.

Imam Olo, who belongs to Turkey's largest opposition Republican People's Party, is regarded as the main political opponent of President Erdogan. In March this year, he was arrested for allegations such as corruption. Imam Olo denied all allegations and called the allegations about "political espionage" "unfounded conspiracies and conspiracies."

Currently, many members of Imamoglu's Republican People's Party are facing investigation for similar allegations. (General reporter Chen Huihui)