Her principles Turkey They released the lawyer of the prisoner of Istanbul Imamoglouthe main political opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after being kept for one night, as one of his lawyer said.
Ekrem Imamoglu, of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), is preceded by Erdogan in some polls. In custody with the category of corruption, a decision that led to larger anti -government demonstrations of the last decade and in mass arrests throughout Turkey.
Mehmet Pechlivan, a lawyer who represented Imamoglou in his investigation, arrested “with constructed categories” CHP MP Turan Taskin Ozer said in a post on the X platform, with no other clarifications.
Pechlivan’s lawyer Gigit Giocsehan Kotsoglou said his client was not arrested “because he did something but simply because he is Lawyer of the Mayor of Ekrem and is in favor of him ยปnoting that his detention was a “warning”.
According to Kotsoglou, Pechlivan was asked in questioning about a transfer of money he did not make, as well as a donation to a charity. He was released, but he was banned from leaving the country. Kotsoglou said he would appeal.
Imamoglu had called for the immediate release of his lawyer. “As if the coup did not arrive in the Republic, they cannot tolerate that the victims of this coup defend themselves,” he said.