SILIVRI, Turkey (AFP) — The trial of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu began on Monday in a sprawling corruption case critics say is a politically motivated bid to scupper his chances of challenging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Closely watched by observers both at home and abroad, the mass trial involving more than 400 defendants has been denounced by rights groups like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, who cite a “weaponization” of Turkey’s justice system to remove political opponents.
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