Istanbul mayor ejected from court in corruption case
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Istanbul mayor ejected from court in corruption case
Television channel T24 said on X that the 55-year-old politician, considered to be the main opposition challenger to Turkey's veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had been "expelled from the courtroom... for disrupting order and discipline". Imamoglu has been in custody since March last year and has been appearing at a prison court since March this year with 414 co-defendants, 59 of whom are also in detention. His lawyer, Tora Pakin, describe…
Ekrem İmamoğlu, who is on trial for corruption, said in court, "I will also put those who prepared the indictment on trial." The presiding judge said, "This is the place where you will be tried," and had him removed from the courtroom.
During the ongoing Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) trial at Marmara Prison in Silivri, a dispute arose between the presiding judge and IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu regarding the violation of his right to defense. The argument culminated in the judge removing İmamoğlu from the courtroom once again. As İmamoğlu was being escorted out, he reacted by saying, "Those I will be judging in Ankara are trying to control the judiciary here," and added…
Ekrem Imamoglu: Istanbul mayor ejected from court in corruption case
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