The political climate in Turkey is reaching a boiling point with the jailing of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and a key challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Prosecutors have sought to charge him with 'aiding an armed terrorist organization,' a reference to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Turkey's ruling system easily accuses anyone who challenges it of terrorism to sideline them from power. The power struggle in Turkey is not a fight for democracy but a conflict among Turks to dominate the state apparatus.