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İMamoğlu in Court: Turkish Opposition Resists Erdoğan

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Three months have passed since the Turkish police arrested President Erdoğan's challenger and the protests began. Ekrem İmamoğlu is still in custody, and now a new trial against his party begins. Can a complete autocracy still be turned away?

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Three months have passed since the Turkish police arrested President Erdoğan's challenger and the protests began. Ekrem İmamoğlu is still in custody, and now a new trial against his party begins. Can a complete autocracy still be turned away?

·Munich, Germany
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A remarkable visit from the DEM Party to Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested as part of a corruption investigation, in prison! The peace process, long detentions and the Kurdish issue were brought up in the 6.5 hour meeting. The statements ignited a new debate.

Mehmet Pehlivan, the lawyer of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, was summoned to testify. The prosecutor's office requested the arrest of Pehlivan.

The “Evaluation Report on the Crime of Money Laundering” of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) affiliated with the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, dated June 4, accusing Ekrem İmamoğlu and his family, surfaced on June 18 and began to be covered in the media on June 19. I am not claiming there is a connection, but it was also confirmed on June 18 that the DEM Party co-chairs would visit İmamoğlu, who is in custody in Silivri Priso…

While public debates on the IMM investigation continue, MASAK has published a new report that includes information on Ekrem İmamoğlu’s family and construction company, following reports published in the early days of the investigation and heavily criticized by the opposition. While some statements and data in the report draw attention, CHP leader Özel said at the Avcılar rally held yesterday that the report was ‘wrongly prepared with artificial …

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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The report prepared by the Financial Crimes Investigation Board regarding the money laundering crime within the scope of the corruption investigation against the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality IMM has emerged. Accordingly, the total laundered crime income is assessed as 25 real estate-immovable properties, 63 million 550 thousand 151 liras and 637 thousand 106 euros. The report, which includes the statement, stated that the perpetrators of t…

·Türkiye
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T24 broke the news in Türkiye on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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