‘Entirely political’: Istanbul mayor charged with 142 offences that would mean 2,430 years in jail
Ekrem İmamoğlu, the main political rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, faces charges including bribery and extortionTurkish prosecutors have charged Istanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, with 142 offences that could carry a penalty of hundreds of years in prison, in a move seen as a politically motivated attack on the country’s opposition.The indictment filed on Tuesday, which runs to nearly 4,000 pages, charges the popular opposition figure who was arrested on […]
