Istanbul Municipality Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was sentenced to 2 years and 7 months in prison in prison for Insulting officials of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council, according to a court ruling announced on Wednesday.
court also imposed a political ban on Mayor, but both rulings must be confirmed by the Court of Appeal.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Chairman of the Board of The main The opposition Republican People’s Party said it was cutting Short visit to Germany and return to Turkey after the verdict.
Imamoglu is accused with Officials in Speech made about redundancy of 2019 mayoral election. He said that decision of The seven members of YSK who Been voted in favor of He took his term as mayor of Istanbul back It means nothing to him.
“Those who Elections canceled on “March 31 are idiots,” said the mayor.
He narrowly won That election over rival in the ruling Justice and Development Party, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and after him results cancelled, won re of The vote by a comfortable margin.
voters in Istanbul cast four different votes in March 31 elections, electing district managers, mayors, municipal councils, and local officials. of these four votesYSK ruling only abolished the mayor of Istanbul result.
Renewable mayoral elections will be held on June 23rd decision To cancel opinion polls on unsigned result Documents from the election and on Some ballot papers box Officials are not civil servants.
Imamoglu’s victory over the mayoralty was tantamount first The time lost by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party and his predecessors in The largest in Turkey city in 25 years.
It is among the names considered run Such as main Opposition presidential candidate against Erdogan in next yearelections.
