But you won’t erase me from the people’s hearts. I call on you: abandon this lawlessness and enemy justice. I repeat – Ekrem İmamoğlu is not being tried, he is being punished.” After İmamoğlu spoke, ...

Since March 19, 2025, İmamoğlu and several CHP-affiliated municipal officials have been targeted in a wave of operations. İmamoğlu was detained in the first operation and formally arrested on March 23 ...

Video. The trial venue was moved from a courthouse in central Istanbul to Silivri prison, where Imamoglu is being held, just 24 hours before proceedings were set to commence.