The Istanbul mayor’s arrest came just days before the main opposition party named him as its candidate for the next presidential race, due by mid-2028.
ISTANBUL (AFP) — “It’s all utter rubbish,” Istanbul’s jailed Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu told an Istanbul court of the spying charges against him at a new trial on Monday, his words conveyed by lawyers and journalists.
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