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Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, arrested with charges of corruption and aiding of terrorist groups
On this Thursday (19/03), Ekrem Imamoglu, leading figure of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and current political rival of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accused by prosecutors for not only extortion and fraud but also to allegedly have aided the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) which is considered terrorists by Turkey, the EU, UK and the US, after performing notable attacks, specifically a suicide bombing in 2016 which killed 44 people and wounded 155. Imamoglu, 54 year old politician, was also previously put on trial for offending a public official, in which his hearing, of December 2022, sentenced him to 2 years, 7 months and 15 days imprisonment, together with a political ban in accordance with Article 53 of the Turkish Criminal Code. However, this ban from politics no longer applies once he has appealed to verdict and is pending…
Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, arrested with charges of corruption and aiding of terrorist groups
On this Thursday (19/03), Ekrem Imamoglu, leading figure of the…
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