In the arrest and his lawyer of ImamoglouMehmet Pechlivan, Turkey’s authorities went on to investigate the corruption case for which the removable mayor of Constantinople has been detained.
The lawyer was arrested on Friday morning (28.03.25), as Ekrem Imoglu himself made known through his post on X.
The removable mayor of Constantinople speaks of a detention made for false reasons, demanding his release immediately.
Imoglou’s post
“Neither the lies nor the slander end. This time, my lawyer Mehmet Pechlivan was held for false reasons. As if the coup attempt had not arrived in the Republic, the victims of this coup cannot be tolerated. They want to add a legal coup to the democracy coup. The evil that is doing in our country a small share of incompetent people is growing. Release my lawyer immediately, “he says in his post.
The forbidden in mind is neither the lie nor the slander. This time, my lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was detained on fabricated reasons. They cannot tolerate the victims of this coup as if they were not enough for democracy. The coup of democracy is also the coup of law…
– Ekrem İmamoğlu (@ekrem_imamoglu) March 27, 2025
Pechlivan was arrested on the basis of a warrant issued by the service by TTho money laundering of the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office.
According to international media reports, Imamoglou’s lawyer is being investigated for “laundering of assets that came from criminal activity”
After his arrest, Pechlivan was taken to a hospital to be examined by doctors, a procedure necessary for his prosecution at the Police Offices in Istanbul.