The mayor strongly rejects the charges, calling [them] a compilation of lies, allegedly built under coercionOriginally published on Global VoicesImage by Arzu Geybullayeva, created via Canva Pro. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu's image is taken from a screenshot from a campaign video shared by Imamoglu's YouTube channel. On November 25, an Istanbul court accepted the indictment against jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. The case will now proceed to trial; İmamoğlu has already spent close to eight months in detention. His indictment represents the most expansive set of charges ever brought against a municipal leader in Istanbul. İmamoğlu's March 2025 arrest, which sparked countrywide protests, followed the arrests of dozens of others, among them municipal staff and businesspeople. A few days after he…
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