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.
Pehlivan was transferred on the night of 2 October from Çorlu Karatepe High-Security Prison to Kandıra No. 1 F-Type Prison. Speaking at the hearing, Pehlivan said he had been brought handcuffed from Kandıra to Silivri, telling the panel: 'You held me, your panel held me, the ministry struck.' The lawyers then left the courtroom chanting 'The defence did not fall silent, it will not fall silent.'
