So, the prosecutor wants to ban the Mayor of Istanbul from politics for "insulting the judiciary" (complaining that the first election he won was cancelled and he had to win all over again). https://t.co/qRx50bDbRX
— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) December 14, 2022
In another milestone for Turkey’s advanced democracy, Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition mayor of Istanbul and a possible presidential contender, has just been sentenced to 2 years and 7 months in prison. And banned from politics. https://t.co/YPVOkOAjxD
— Piotr Zalewski (@p_zalewski) December 14, 2022
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a rival of Erdogan, sentenced to more than 2 years in
prison and imposed a political ban for insulting public
officials, in a ruling set to go to an appeal. In his 2019 local-election victory speech, he said those who annulled the vote were "fools". pic.twitter.com/UMhs5iw8dg— Cagil M. Kasapoglu (@CagilKasapoglu) December 14, 2022
Turkish court admits the country has no free speech, sentences Istanbul Mayor Imamoglu to 2.5 years in prison for calling election officials "fools". He will appeal, but will likely be barred from office & next year's presidential election: https://t.co/JPMFIDxwgt
— David Lepeska (@dlepeska) December 15, 2022