On Sunday, the Turkish court imprisoned the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamogl until the trial in case of charges of corruption. According to reports of AFP, AP and Reuters, TASR reports this.
Imamogl is the main political rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The police arrested him on Wednesday before dawn for allegations of corruption and terrorism. Imamoglu denies the accusations. Since then, a wave of protests has been triggered in the country and has spread to most Turkish provinces. According to AFP, these are the worst street protests in the country in more than a decade.
Istanbul’s mayor is one of 100 people who are investigated on corruption allegations. It is also investigated in the latter case on the basis of “terrorism -related” allegations that the court should decide on Sunday, writes AFP.
Imamogl’s detention occurred four days before he was to be nominated on Sunday as a presidential candidate Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in the elections that should be held in Turkey in 2028.
On Saturday, the 56-year-old Istanbul mayor denied all the accusations and described them as “immoral and unsubstantiated” in a statement published by the Istanbul Town Hall.. According to AP, the police questioned him five hours for his alleged connection to the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) and then transferred him to the Istanbul Court.
