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Türkiye: Jailed Mayor’s Lawyer Detained
An Istanbul court’s decision on June 19, 2025, to allow the detention of a leading defense lawyer for the jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu appears to be in reprisal for his legal representation of his client, Human Rights Watch and the Turkey Human Rights Litigation Support Project said today.
İmamoğlu called out to judges and prosecutors: Our lives are under threat, do not be part of the system that protects a handful of people!
Detained in Silivri, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu addressed members of the higher judiciary in a statement he made on his social media account. Stating that "We are not being tried, we are being directly punished," İmamoğlu said, "Our lives are under threat."
Detained in Silivri, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu addressed members of the higher judiciary in a statement he made on his social media account. Stating that "We are not being tried, we are being directly punished," İmamoğlu said, "Our lives are under threat."
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