Istanbul, March 23, 2025 (AFP) - Istanbul's jailed mayor: what we know

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2025-03-23
On Sunday, a court ordered Istanbul's opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and several dozen co-defendants jailed on charges of "corruption". Here's what we know about this case, which the mayor's CHP opposition party has denounced as a "political coup" organised by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Imamoglu was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019 and triumphantly re-elected last year. By winning Turkey's largest city (nearly 16 million inhabitants) an......
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