By. Natalie Putz DOI. 10.57912/30392629 In Türkiye today, justice is upside down. On March 19 , Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, widely regarded as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s  most serious rival, was arrested on fabricated charges of corruption and aiding terrorism. His real offense was political: winning elections and threatening Erdoğan’s two-decade grip on power. Within days, Türkiye saw its largest protests  in a decade. Instead of protecting freedom of assembly, police arrested...

By. Natalie Putz DOI: 10.57912/28785845 In Russian politics' intricate and often brutal landscape, Vladimir Putin has cultivated a...