Hmm but can the the diploma cancellation and its timing coinciding be explained by CHP infighting as well? Dunno
Probably but nothing is certain yet as it may be nothing more than Erdo oppressing his competitor but I honestly dont believe that Erdo is this stupid
As I said before, I always found it weird that Imamoglu started this crazy presidential candidate stuff 4 years before the election, it just doesnt make sense and as I believe that nothing in this world is purely coincidence, the only thing that happened before Imamoglu's crazy stunt is the diploma issue and that is why I believe that Imamoglu's diploma is fake
It is highly likely that some circles, within the CHP, that dont like Imamoglu ratted him out to the AKP; thus, giving the AKP leverage against Imamoglu. Imamoglu, being afraid of getting caught, probably started this presidential candidate drama in order to shift the case of corruption against him into one of public opinion and oppression. In other words, Imamoglu most likely is using "democracy" as a shield to escape/prevent Erdogan from arresting him using the info he got from anti-Imamoglu circles within the CHP
What makes me believe this theory is that Erdogan himself stated that they arrested Imamoglu based on info obtained from within the CHP and Imamoglu's wife reportedly stated that Ekrem Imamoglu said to her that the police is gonna come for him before even beginning his CHP's presidential candidate drama and that she should ask the people to go to the streets to resist the police's decision and this is clearly proven by how she takes videos in front of Ataturk portrait and then in another video with a headscarf etc..... she is trying to create public unrest to threaten Erdogan and strengthen Ekrem's cause
Nothing short of a third rate political drama. The main idea is to create public unrest and force the police to lay their hands on protestors so that the opposition can have legitimacy when they cry "oppression" but it seems that Erdogan is still kepping calm for now. However, the longer it takes for Erdo to react, the worse it will be for the CHP as the anger will slowly subside and this is what is beginning to happen rn