Istanbul – The Court formally arrested the Mayor of Istanbul and a key rival, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ordered that the prison was underway to the outcome of the Trial of Corruption.
The Mayor Ekrem Imamglo was detained after the trial in the residence in the early week, in more than a decade, which in more than a decade, the largest wave of street demonstrations in Turkey. He also deepened concerns about the democracy and the rule of law in Turkey.
Its prison sentence is considered widely a political move to remove a large candidate from the next presidential race, currently scheduled for 2028. year.
Government officials refuse the charges that legal actions against opposition figures are politically motivated and insisted that Turkish courts operate independently.
The formal arrest came as his opposition Republican People’s Party or CHP, began to maintain the primary presidential elections for endorsa Imamogle as his presidential candidate despite arrest.
The party also set symbolic ballot boxes throughout the width – called “Solidarity boxes” – to enable people who are not members of the party to express support to the mayor.
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2025-03-23 07:29:00
