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Jailed İstanbul mayor refuses to defend himself in diploma fraud trial after courtroom dispute - Stockholm Center for Freedom
İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on Monday refused to defend himself during a trial over alleged diploma fraud after the court moved the hearing to a smaller courtroom, Turkish media reported. The second hearing, moved just hours before due to “technical issues,” blocked many of İmamoğlu’s lawyers and supporters from entering, prompting İmamoğlu and his legal team not to attend the hearing. The hearing was later moved to a larger room in…
Gökhan Günaydın's reaction to Minister Tunç regarding the tension at İmamoğlu's hearing: The hearings are open, isn't Türkiye a state governed by the rule of law?
The second hearing in the case filed against Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested and sent to prison as part of a corruption investigation within the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), for allegedly forging official documents in a chain reaction to a "fake diploma" allegation, was held today. İmamoğlu, who failed to provide any information or documents to the court in the first hearing, opted not to attend the hearing in the second hearing, c…
The second hearing of the case concerning the alleged forgery of the undergraduate diplomas of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality mayor and the CHP presidential candidate took place today. Before the hearing, tensions arose between the gendarmerie and the lawyers, who were not allowed in. After considerable effort, the hearing was moved to a larger courtroom. Due to the incident, the lawyers decided not to attend. İmamoğlu was brought into t…
BREAKING NEWS: The second hearing in the "fake diploma" case against Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu will be held in Courtroom No. 1 at the Marmara Closed Penitentiary in Silivri. The case was postponed until today by an interim decision.
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