After a complex judicial investigation, based on mainly testimonies by secret informants, today (04.07.2025) the indictment was released by the prosecution. Constantinople For the case of the alleged fake diploma of Imamoglouwhich was awarded him 31 years ago.
Last March, Imamoglou He was dismissed by his duties as mayor of the Metropolitan Municipality of Constantinople And on March 19th he was taken to the prisons of Silivria, outside Constantinople. Two days ago He has completed 100 days in prison, a date that caused a huge rally outside the Istanbul Town Hall, Where opposition party leader Ozgur Ozel, in a particularly harsh speech, called Turkish president “Junta leader”.
Already the long detention of Imamoglou had caused protests, but also fears that the penalties imposed on him would be equivalent to his exclusion from politics. The indictment published today confirms these fears.
The text of the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office states that “Ekrem Imamoglu obtained his diploma and participated in the crime of successive forgery.” Was asked Penalty of up to 8 years and 9 months in prison and banning political activity. The indictment was sent to the Court of First Instance of Criminal Courts.
In response to the ruling, Imoglou’s lawyer Mehmet Pechlivan, who is in custody, filed a lawsuit in the 5th administrative court requesting a “suspension of execution”. And the dean of the School of Business Administration of the University of Constantinople, who had stated that “there were no irregularities” on Imamoglou’s diploma, resigned from his “health problems”.
The Imamoglou case will rekindle the sense of injustice that is feeling much of the former mayor’s supporters, while Turkish analysts predict that Turkish justice can now turn its arrows to opposition leader Ozgur Ozel.
Source: dw