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Ekrem İmamoğlu
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Ekrem İmamoğlu

Mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality from 2019-2025

Ekrem İmamoğlu is a Turkish politician and businessman who served as mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) from 2019 until his removal from office in 2025. He was determined as the CHP's presidential candidate in the party's primary on March 23, 2025, after which he resigned from the CHP and became the YENİ Party's presidential candidate. He has been held in Silivri Prison since March 23, 2025.

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İmamoğlu's lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan calls prison transfer 'torment'

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu's detained lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan described his midnight transfer from Çorlu to Kandıra as 'torment'. The transfer sparked a protest at the İBB trial hearing.

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Source spectrum StateConservativeIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.Foreign
+3: Gazete Oksijen, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Karar +4: Diken, Gazete Oksijen, ANKA Haber Ajansı and Karar +3: BirGün, Cumhuriyet and Yeniçağ +4: Evrensel, BirGün, Cumhuriyet and Yeniçağ

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Istanbul Bar Association condemns Mehmet Pehlivan's prison transfer

Ekrem İmamoğlu's jailed lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was transferred overnight from Corlu to Kandira F-Type Prison without informing his family. The Istanbul Bar Association called the move a "violation of the prohibition of ill-treatment" and sought an explanation from the Turkish Justice Ministry.

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Source spectrum StateConservativeIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.Foreign
+2: Gazete Oksijen and ANKA Haber Ajansı +2: BirGün and Evrensel +3: Halk TV, BirGün and Evrensel

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Four defendants released in IBB case

In the case that includes Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu among the defendants, the court ruled to release four defendants. The number of detained defendants fell to 53, and the hearing will continue on Monday.

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Source spectrum StateConservativeIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.Foreign
+7: Yeni Akit, Yeni Şafak, Takvim, CNN Türk, Türkiye Gazetesi, TGRT Haber and A Haber +8: Haber7, Yeni Akit, Yeni Şafak, Takvim, CNN Türk, Türkiye Gazetesi, TGRT Haber and A Haber +2: Diken and Dünya +3: Gazete Oksijen, Diken and Dünya +4: Evrensel, Oda TV, Sözcü and Nefes +5: Halk TV, Evrensel, Oda TV, Sözcü and Nefes

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İmamoğlu begins defence at third espionage hearing

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu began his defence at the third hearing of the "political espionage" case in Silivri. He criticised the judicial proceedings against him.

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Source spectrum StateConservativeIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.Foreign
+5: Hürriyet, Yeni Şafak, Sabah, Milliyet and Yeni Akit +6: NTV, Hürriyet, Yeni Şafak, Sabah, Milliyet and Yeni Akit +6: Halk TV, Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, soL Haber and Sözcü +7: Tele2 Haber, Halk TV, Evrensel, Cumhuriyet, Yeniçağ, soL Haber and Sözcü

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CHP Spokesperson: Kılıçdaroğlu's remarks about İmamoğlu were misunderstood

CHP Spokesperson Müslim Sarı said party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's words that Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is 'not a political prisoner' were misunderstood, and that İmamoğlu is detained for an ordinary crime.

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Source spectrum StateConservativeIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.Foreign
+2: Ekonomi Manşet and Ekonomim +2: Sözcü and Yeniçağ

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İmamoğlu's official car case adjourned to 23 October

Detained İBB President Ekrem İmamoğlu made his defence at the hearing in Silivri and said he had appeared at about 100 hearings. The indictment alleges 122,305 lira 70 kuruş in public damage; the case was adjourned to 23 October.

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Source spectrum StateConservativeIndependentIndep.OppositionOpp.Foreign
+3: Karar, Kısa Dalga and Ekonomim +4: Medyascope, Karar, Kısa Dalga and Ekonomim +4: Yeniçağ, Evrensel, Sözcü and Oda TV +5: BirGün, Yeniçağ, Evrensel, Sözcü and Oda TV

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