Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in front of a courthouse in Istanbul on Jan. 31, 2025. Emrah Gurel/AP Photo
A court in Istanbul sentenced the city’s mayor and chief rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ekrem Imamoglu, to another prison term, state broadcaster TRT reported on July 16.
Imamoglu, who has been behind bars pending trial since March over separate corruption charges, was handed a sentence of one year and eight months for “insulting and threatening” the chief Istanbul prosecutor, Akin Gurlek, during a panel discussion on Jan. 20.
