The Court ruled on Sunday morning (23.03.2025) its detention Mayor of Constantinople Imamoglou pending his trial.
Turkish justice has decided, by satisfying the request made by the Public Prosecutor’s Office, to detain the mayor of Constantinople, Ekrem Imoglou, a major opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
According to the court the Ekrem Imamoglu is taken to prison for the offense of corruption, while not prisoning for the category of interconnection with terrorism.
The news for Imoglou’s detention He confirmed a lawyer for the Politician of the Republican People’s Party (CHP).
Mr. Imamoglou, who is also Faced with a prosecution for ‘terrorism“, Is the main opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Yesterday he was taken with 90 co -defendants before the Court of Constantinople, guarded by great police forcebefore two hearing procedures were carried out overnight.
In the polls today the members of the CHP
At the same time, members of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) of the Turkish opposition today are coming to the constituencies in a qualifying electoral process for the ratification of the candidacy of the arrested mayor of Constantinople Ekrem Imamoglou in the next presidential elections.
The CHP called on citizens who are not members of the party to vote to enhance the resistance after Imamoglou’s arrest, who is accused, among other things, of corruption and support for terrorist organization. Imamoglu denies the charges against him.
The CHP, which has over 1.5 million members, has set up 5,600 ballot boxes in all 81 provinces of Turkeye. The vote ends at 16.00 hours of Greece.
The next presidential election in the country are scheduled for 2028.