Cumhuriyet Reports From Silivri! Day 88 of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality trial... İMamoğlu's Statement on 'Meritocracy': 'We Didn't Fill This Place with Friends and Relatives!'
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The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) trial, involving 435 defendants, 51 of whom are in custody, including the detained IMM Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, continues on its 88th day. Cumhuriyet newspaper is reporting from Silivri. Here's what's happening moment by moment in the courtroom...
On the 90th day of the hearing in the IMM (Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality) case, Ekrem İmamoğlu reacted to the "40-50 million dollar" figure brought up by the prosecution the previous day. Imamoğlu argued that the prosecution was creating the perception that "a corruption figure has been identified" by adding up the figures they themselves wrote, and claimed that the government was trying to seize the assets of the IMM, including the Galata …
In the 'Ekrem İmamoğlu Organised Crime' case, Yakup Öner, a surveying engineer from the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) who is being tried without detention, presented his defense. Öner, who stated that he had worked for the municipality for 20 years and had been working with Ekrem İmamoğlu since 2014, described the informal system within the IMM. Confirming the allegations of a $100,000 salary, Öner stated that he received the money in…
An interim ruling was announced at the third hearing of the trial in which Ekrem İmamoğlu, Merdan Yanardağ, Necati Özkan, and Hüseyin Gün are being prosecuted on charges of "political espionage."
In the "political espionage" trial held at the Istanbul 25th High Criminal Court, the prosecutor requested the continued detention of presidential candidate and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, İmamoğlu's political advisor Necati Özkan, journalist Merdan Yanardağ, and Hüseyin Gün.
The third court hearing was held in the case of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the dismissed mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, on charges of "political espionage".
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