Coalition of Turkish opposition parties call for Demirtaş’s release, says Istanbul Mayor İmamoğlu should be freed from pretrial detention
Stockholm Center for Freedom
Stockholm Center for Freedom
Latest news on Ekrem İmamoğlu, a Turkish businessman and politician who currently serves as the Mayor of Istanbul.
He was first elected in March 2019, but the election was later annulled and he was re-elected in June 2019 by a large margin. İmamoğlu has been called a possible candidate for the Turkish presidency. In December 2022, he was sentenced to prison for "insulting electoral officials" and banned from politics.