US EditionJaume Collboni and a Dozen Mayors of the Eurocities Network Support the Jailed Mayor of Istanbul
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The vice president of the network of European cities has advocated that cities “join in defense of democracy in difficult times”
The mayor of Barcelona and vice president of the network of European cities Eurocities, Jaume Collboni, has participated in the events in Istanbul in support of Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu , arrested and imprisoned for political reasons. İmamoğlu was arrested and dismissed from his post of mayor of Istanbul on 19 March this year and a judge ordered the admission to the prison of Silivri.In addition to Jaume Collboni, the current acting mayor, Nuri Asla…
On Thursday, a delegation of European mayors will visit Ekrem İmamoğlu in the Marmara Prison in Silivri, where he has been held since his arrest on March 19.
The mayors of several major European cities went to support on Thursday in Istanbul the opposition mayor of this Turkish megacity, imprisoned since March on accusations of corruption that he rejects.
He wanted to visit his imprisoned friend, but was unsuccessful.
Ekrem İmamoğlu has been in prison since March.
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